This last year has been terrible in many ways. Quite honestly, I never expected to live through anything like that. And I never expected to survive it. The truly terrible thing about the Cov-SARS-2 virus (hereafter known as COVID or the coronavirus) is not that it is deadly or causes
It has become a mantra among many people in this society that they are going to “follow the science”. Anyone who says this is either ignorant or stupid. And I’m going to explain why. Science is a very misunderstood practice amongst many people in this world. They rely on it
Today I got the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I had to drive about an hour to get it, as the distribution in my country is still a bit scattershot. They’re getting it to everyone, but the distribution network seems hit or miss – some places get some doses,
There have been many dark things about the COVID-19 epidemic, but I have always been jealous of the fact that Japanese people wear medical masks out in public as a matter of course, and up until last year, that has never been socially acceptable in America. Now, it’s less socially
I don’t think I can describe how bad 2020 has been in so many ways, both personally and on a macro level. But I don’t have to, because most of you have experienced it. First a virus from China showed up and pretty much shut the world down for a
This blog is nearly always about topics Japanese, but not always. Today, as with most people in the world, other things are on my mind. And I think I’m going to post about that, today. We can talk about Japanese some other time. The world – MY world – has