Author Archives: spikekalashnikov

It is Saturday. It is the most beautiful day ever. I go to the Octopus shop to buy an Octopus. Scallops are nonsensically cheap here.  I grate lots of cabbage. I eat it. Actually not all as it is too … Continue reading →

So what do I know about things? Clearly not much. I bet $1,000,000 that my compatriots would not vote to leave the EU. They did. I did not have $1,000,000 by the way, so I had to borrow a lot … Continue reading →

To all of you who are agonizing as to when to visit Okinawa, let me make a pitch for November. It is cooler, but still in the 20s. The sea is no longer bath-waterish but still delightful for water stuff, … Continue reading →

Hey, the university is nearly 5 years old. The official birthday is November 19 so I ask you all to raise a glass of friendship on that date. I realize that this is post US election result date and things … Continue reading →

I rush home from work in a panic. Will I get there in time?  Tonight the meat man cometh. 10 minutes after I get back, the bell rings and there is the smiling face of the meat man clasping a … Continue reading →

So I think I have mentioned that I backed into a tree with the driver side door open. This twisted the door hinges so that it would not shut.  For months I bumble along using a sail tie to stop … Continue reading →

I go to Tokyo to chew the fat with Cabinet Office. I forgot to take a photo of limo back to Haneda. I get home at 12:00

I have been ill for a remarkably long time. I have been in bed for 20 of the last 6 24 hours and frankly do not feel that much better. I go to work today but it does not work … Continue reading →

Job sat on a pile of ashes scraping the boils that covered him from head to foot with a potsherd. He had lost everything, his wealth, his family, his health but he refused to blame our redeemer – no more … Continue reading →

The reason I rushed back from London was to add my huge bulk to the Board of Governors meetings. Very strong juju, drums beat long into the night. However my concentration is diminished by the imminent arrival of Typhoon Chaba, … Continue reading →