If you just glanced at the title of this post you might think I am about to sing my own praises. I am not. For a change. Instead, I am thinking about my grandfather. No family gathering is complete without everyone quoting down to hear tales of times past. As the son of sharecroppers and … More Born Story Teller
What do you do on January 2nd? You could spend much needed time working on editing your second novel. But, if your son is being watched by your mother, your wife is available and the weather is hot enough to be comfortable in a t-shirt you go canoeing. Rika and I piled into our little … More Canoeing
Still at my parents house. Spent the morning looking after my son. The two of us took a long walk together and before the end of it he fell asleep. Now he’s awake and playing with his mother while I sit on the back porch sipping tea and writing this. I can’t help but take … More Resolutions
I sit down to write this and realize that where I live it is already 2017. Currently I am visiting my parents and the world is still a year behind. Around my home New Years means lots of watching football and in between singing songs and walking around the neighborhood I’ve managed to introduce my … More The First Yet Again
It’s winter time ad the air around us is getting pretty chilly. Sometimes it is even downright cold. Like many parents I face the daily struggle of trying to keep my boy warm. Sometimes he lets this be an easy task. He cooperates when I go to put on his socks and jacket. Most of … More My Boy’s Hat
The latest episode of Living Japan is out. Here is the blurb: On Episode 63 Dr. Michael Dziesinski, a visiting scholar from the University of Hawaii, joins us to talk about a social phenomenon of Japan: Hikikomori. Today, they are many different portrayals of Hikikomori on mass media and popular culture, but… are they really … More Living Japan episode 63
In the twenty-second episode your hosts, Brent and Lydia, continue talking the Jack Knight/Starman Odyssey! Today they talk Starman issue 20. Intro/Outro music by Mates of State. Presented by Comics League International! If you enjoy the show please visit Brent’s Patreon site and donate. If you enjoyed this post, please like my Facebook author page and become a patron through Patreon. Thanks!
The latest episode of Living Japan is out! Listen to the very end for a special musical performance by us, the Living Japan crew! Of course to hear the show you either need to go and subscribe through iTunes or stream from the Living Japan website.
Feel ever so slightly like an accidental jerk. I need to buy apples for work so I stop off at a nearby 7/11. It’s one of those slightly fancy ones that sell fruit. They have two baskets of red apples. Fuji apples for 150 yen and a type I’m unfamiliar with for 100 yen. Their … More Adventures in Apple Buying
In the twenty-first episode your hosts, Brent and Lydia, continue talking the Jack Knight/Starman Odyssey! Today they talk the Showcase issues ’95 #12 and ’96 #4-5 Intro/Outro music by Mates of State. Presented by Comics League International! If you enjoy the show please visit Brent’s Patreon site and donate. If you enjoyed this post, please like my Facebook author page and become a patron through Patreon. Thanks!
Deadly Troubadour 