My anger and resentment doesn’t boil because of the crushing dark. It’s expected and does its job like a doomed soldier crossing enemy lines. No, it’s the dancing happy, jumpy sparkly optimism that drags

A short story I wrote and published on Medium. Excerpt below. Please click the link if you would like to read the rest. I’ve attempted to re-create it, if that’s the correct word. I’m not sure about the

This is my favorite temple in Nagoya, one of the only ones with a giant Buddha statue. It's a Shingon Buddhist Temple that was originally built over 480 years ago. It also has an actual pet cemetery.

I was simply too drained from the long flight and jetlag to make sense of anything. These memories from three years ago had a tendency to gurgle back up whenever I ate here. This was the first real Japanese

The first stanza of a narrative poem I posted on Medium. Click the link below to read the rest. She sat on the blue weathered park bench in the chill early spring wind and slowly unfolded the torn and

It arrived with a thump and a glare from the cook and then a slightly less menacing thump of the smaller plate of goyoza, though this was the most dangerous thing in the room, but I didn’t know that yet.

Yep, I just made up a new word. And no, even though it sounds a little bit like the creature from Lewis’ famous gibberish poem it’s not something you can skewer with a sword. But if you are a creative

I’m about to break one of the writer’s golden rules: Write What You Know. When it comes to crypto-currency and most things tech I readily admit that I don’t know shit about shit. But that hasn’t prevented

The Busted Engine Reality of the Writer's Life

It arrived with a thump and a glare from the cook and then a slightly less menacing thump of the smaller plate of goyoza, though this was the most dangerous thing in the room, but I didn’t know that yet.

Meme challenge 64 - Entry 1

A short story I wrote and originally published The Round Up Zine. (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO READ THE FULL STORY) I don’t know if he was really as mean as he made himself out to be. Certainly, his scared

An excerpt from my weekly series on Medium. Click the link below to read the rest of the story. A row of severely battered bar stools housed a row of equally battered looking Japanese businessmen alternately

This is a series I'm currently writing on Medium called Dead in November. Here is a short excerpt. A near death experience on Halloween is probably a bad omen, but I couldn’t get over the thought that

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom at the park near my house!

Pretty bad video of me doing stand up comedy in Gifu, Japan in 2016. But most of the jokes got laughs. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

feel like a monkey today aiming a shit shotgun at his elusive goals

A short article I originally posted on Medium. There are no fucking vampires, wizards, murderous clowns, spunky, plucky, or resourceful fucking male or female main characters. No simple A-Z connect the

I’ve got a comedy show coming up next month. I’ve burned through most of my old material so I have to start from scratch to create a new ten-minute set. I belong to a comedy group in Nagoya, Japan called

Another night pic of Nagoya from my balcony with my old ipod.