One of the greatest things about living in Japan is having access to Amazon. While it might not quite match up to the one in the US in terms of goods available I still find it the most convenient way to shop. They deliver directly to my door with almost no shipping costs (although at […]
keeping things fresh
Soon my son will be turning two, hard to believe because it feels like just yesterday that he came into my life. In the West we have an expression we use to describe this time of his life – “the terrible twos.” Now it turns out that our son has decided to get a head […]
knowing is half the battle
When I was a kid I was a big fan of G.I.Joe. I would have all the action figures as well as watch all their cartoons. At the end of each show there would be a short skit on a different safety procedure to teach kids what to do in an emergency. There was one […]