The coldest part of the winter is upon us in Japan. I hate this time of year. Don’t get me wrong, as a fat guy I detest summer and the humidity that comes with it. Japanese summers are the worst. The humidity is so high that there are days that you just wish you had…
I’m not really sure when trash day is, or I should say “which trash day” that is. It almost seems like every day is trash day here. Things have to be separated by burnables and plastics so they have their own days. Then there are recycle days where they take paper, cardboard boxes, old newspapers,…
Well, I just got confirmation that my video, 97,000 Toothpicks, won Video Of The Year from YouTube Japan. Unbelievable. This is the perfect end to this story. It all started with a friend of mine telling me that I need to get on YouTube as a vlogger. I scoffed at the idea for months but…
I received the most amazing letter this morning from someone that I haven’t seen since I was a child, and pretty much thought that I’d never see or have any contact with again. Not because we wanted to avoid each other, but because it’s just been so long that, for myself, I never imagined a…
The stats helper monkeys at www.mullysplace.com/ mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2010. That’s about 3 full 747s. In…