Impressions of Japan, Four Years Later
Recently I visited Tokyo for the first time in four years. What was striking was not how much had changed, …
Category Archives: Culture
Night of the Living Dead: Horror Movie as Social Commentary
First, we see a car making its way up a road. Barbra (Judith O’Dea) and her brother, Johnny (uncredited, played …
Maid Cafes, Part 1 and 2 (Notes from the Diary of a Literary Rebel)
With all that is going on in Japan, now seemed a good time to polish off my posts about maid …
The Cultural Divide
Riding back home Friday night from a BBQ for students and teachers at the school where I teach, looking at …
