I haven’t written many journal entries this year as I usually do. This is primarily for a couple of reasons: the dog likes to sit on my lap where the laptop goes, a feeling of general bewilderment with the world and lack of motivation. Bewilderment Let’s start with the fact that I’m now 48 years…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 12.3.2025
Tag: Trump
Posts about the disease that is Trump.
America: a bewildered country
America is a country in a state of bewilderment. We’re going through unprecedented times where the country I once new, and was proud to be a citizen of, is rapidly disappearing. The current administration is using the “flood the zone” strategy, floating, then implementing policies where two decades ago, the politician would have been met…… Continue reading America: a bewildered country
Le politique aujourd’hui
I thought a French title was appropriate given that, somehow, our current President has inexplicably managed to alienate all of our allies. As much as I’d like to write this post in French, my level is only up to a 6th grader and that simply won’t do for a post about politics. Let’s begin with…… Continue reading Le politique aujourd’hui
The Trump Win and My Thoughts
It is November 8th, 2024. We just had perhaps one of the most important elections in American history and the majority of Americans have overwhelmingly chosen a path that will change the country into something I cannot recognize. The country I knew, one that rightly or wrongly, we Americans considered a force for good in…… Continue reading The Trump Win and My Thoughts
COVID and the Anti-Vaccine Movement Fall 2023
It is 4:55 AM on Saturday, September 23rd 2023. This is not my usual time to write but it is when I usually wake up. Although I wake up it has been rare to actually get up out of bed. Usually I’ll open the phone and check all the usual apps including the news. Today,…… Continue reading COVID and the Anti-Vaccine Movement Fall 2023
America – It Can’t Happen Here
America is in a period of great transformation. That is a grand statement to make but for this post I’m focusing on politics. What used to be a somewhat boring subject has now become a major part of the identity in the American populace. I’ve written many times that political affiliation for the majority of…… Continue reading America – It Can’t Happen Here
Journal Entry – 9.26.21
It is 7:38 AM on Sunday morning on the 26th of September 2021. I’ve often written that life had sped up an an incredible pace once I reached the mid-30s. Well now it is about three times the speed it was and months really do pass as quickly as I perceived days to pass when…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 9.26.21
Trip to Ohio
My family returned to Japan this summer to visit Baba. It was long overdue since we couldn’t go last year due to COVID, and me, being the only one who doesn’t hold a passport am not allowed in this year either. That means I’m a free man all summer. It suddenly dawned on me a…… Continue reading Trip to Ohio