I’ve decided that one of my goals in life is to make sure that my age never exceeds the number of countries I have visited. I need to get my butt to South America and Africa if I want to make it to 40. By the way, I am not counting airports (RKV, RAR, SLC). [...]

練習のため書いた短い作文は英語に翻訳してから、変な意味がある。 言うまでもなく、日本の田舎には老人が多い。 It goes without saying that the Japanese countryside is full of old people. 米国大統領はバカであることは言うまでもない。 It need not be said that the American President is an idiot. たとえ親であろうと、子供のため警察官を打ってはいけません。 Even if you are a parent, you must not hit a police officer for the sake of your child. たとえ社会的に地位の高い人であろうと、他の人に命令してはいけません。 Even if you are a member [...]

Short essays written in Japanese to practice specific grammar points lose their ring when you translate them into English. 言うまでもなく、日本の田舎には老人が多い。 It goes without saying that the Japanese countryside is full of old people. 米国大統領はバカであることは言うまでもない。 It need not be said that the American President is an idiot. たとえ親であろうと、子供のため警察官を打ってはいけません。 Even if you are a parent, you must [...]

It’s as if my battery knew when I could go home.

Messing with Google Maps Streetview tonight, I checked to see if Omaha, NE had been added to the list of Streetview Cities. Disappointed to find that it hadn’t, I decided to head toward Alaska, but forgot to turn Streetview off. Well, lo and behold Streetview in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks. Juneau had been there for [...]