Today (7/7) is Tanabata, the Star Festival, a celebration based on a legend out of China about the Weaver Princess…
Can we really call the USA a utopian experiment? Depends on your definition. If a utopia is heaven on Earth,…
Hurray! My blog finally reached the very last position of blog listings. Well, not really the last, just the last…
"Nova Atlantis" is meant to be an homage to both Francis Bacon's 17th-century utopia, New Atlantis, and Ursula Le Guin's…
Setting terms: Lyman Tower Sargent (who I met in Australia last December) and Gregory Claeys offer some definitions in their…
For quite some time I've been thinking I ought to focus this blog on something, and Dharma's recent comment on…
Golden Week has actually been over for a few days, but this is the first Monday since it ended, so…
[ Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Listening to ]Taking a quick break from working on a big paper. I'm in my office…
[ Mood: Confused ]I've dropped out of one of the two D&D campaigns I was in--in fact, they are playing without…
To avoid the Wrath of Mom, here are some more family pictures from Sayumi's visit a couple of days ago.…