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End the Obama Hysteria!

…in themselves with joy. And the wishful thinking continues. On a Danish web-site for communication professionals professor Christian Kock wrote this “analysis” of Obama’s inaugural address (my translation): “it was surprising that following only a recognition of George Bush and his “service to the nation” Obama was extremely concise about all the political subjects where his administration would do something completely different than the predecess…

Californians cannot drive

…owns, middle fingers, gun signs (made with fingers) bad words, and other un-pleasantries and only 3-4 kind acts such as letting someone into the lane. Example 1: A middle aged soccer mom in her SUV was driving in front of me on the freeway. A car in the left lane decided to change lanes in front of this SUV which made this woman tap her breaks only so slightly. So in accordance with Californian instinct, she had to recklessly pull up alongside thi…

Corporate Passion!

…d to the item which tells you you must do something and not just file the e-mail away. *Junk (work/communications others have created that they have to send to someone else in order to be seen as productive.) ****Update**** After I published this post I opened up the New Yorker and read a book review called “The Iron Curtain” which examines the daily life of living in the Eastern European states under Soviet rule. One sentence in particular really…

A Passion Reawakened

…amily is in Japan to spend time with my wife’s parents.  So here I am with free-time in abundancy. Life passes quickly and I think about all those kids in school studying abroad as I did.  The majority of them would have returned to their own countries, settled down and only have faint memories of their experience as well as a shadow of their old language abilities.  This did not happen for me as I married a Japanese woman.  But over time the lang…

Credit Cards – Some Advice for my loyal readers

…! I use the American Express BLUE CASH card. http://www201.americanexpress.com/getthecard/learn-about/BlueCash I use it for every single expense possible.  There is no fee and I get payed around $450 every year or so for using this card. How? Again, use it for every expense possible and PAY OFF YOUR BALANCE EVERY MONTH! The goal is to have them pay you, not the other way around. Why do most people not do this? They want the prestige of Platinum, G…