Japan Day 3 – Ghibli, Asakusa, Tsukiji, Mito

Tsukiji Fish Market, Asakusa Shinto Shrines, Ghibli Museum, and train to Mito. More later.
Day 3 Notes
Tsukiji Fish Market
* I woke up at 5:30 and was out at 6:30 and headed down to Tsukijishijo. You get onto the Ginza line and go to Ueno hirokoji from Asukusa, and then I took the Oedo line from Ueno [...]

I’ve been watching a lot of stuff lately

I find that the stuff I like to watch is different than what everyone else likes to watch. Are you watching Lost? Guess what, I’m not. I only know that Ben turned the wheel twice (a pirate wheel even) and the island disappeared. Still watching Heroes? Not interested. Here’s some of the cool shit I’m [...]

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams, originally uploaded by AlbinoGrimby.
Went to the Oakland A’s game today. We had some, I would say, fairly decent seats along the third base line. I’m not a huge baseball fan (anymore), but since the opportunity came up, I couldn’t say no. This panorama is created by 44 individual images that a fine [...]

What I’m Reading

No short story this week., but that doesn’t mean I’ve given up on writing them. Lately I’ve been doing more reading than writing, because that’s the flip side of the coin. I can’t become a better writer unless I read more. So just a brief note, here’s what I’m reading currently.
Stephen King On Writing. A [...]

No Story This Week

No story this week guys. This doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned the art of fiction. On the contrary I spent this weekend editing two flash fiction stories that I’ll try and publish on some other online outlets. I’ve spent this week reading Sol Stein’s Stein on Writing to get new insights into the craft. Writing fiction [...]