Is There Life On Mars? (part two)
In which the trip to Mars is underway.
David B. Himself
Is There Life On Mars? (part one)
Preliminary note: I wrote this story in 2024, and I'm (re)publishing it here now. Since it is about 11,000 words long, I am posting it in several episodes. However, the entire story is available as an e-book if you would prefer to read it all
Valentine's Day in Japan?
No, I'm not going to write a cliché and trite post like you can find by the dozens online, what would be the point?
I'm going to tell you how Valentine's Day takes place in my household in Japan.
Step one
Me, some date
David Bowie
It’s funny how when people ask me who my favorite singer or band is, I almost never say David Bowie. I usually say Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, or Explosions in the Sky, depending on who I’m talking to. Yet a day rarely goes by without my listening to
The Age of Trillionaires
The first trillionaire in US dollars could arrive in 2026! It's a sum so vast that our brains have trouble understand it. Well, I may have an easy way to help you understand what it entails.
The Big Picture
“Dad, what was that ‘big picture’ you were talking about earlier?”
“The one that many people missed just before everything fell apart.”
“Could you be more precise?”
“Are you recording now?”
“Yes.”
The old man cleared his throat, took a sip of water, and prepared to share another chapter of
Spending Christmas Alone
It’s already nighttime on Christmas Eve in my part of the world. The kids are in bed, and we’re waiting for them to be fully asleep so that we can put the presents near the Christmas tree.
And I just remembered a thing I wrote a couple of