The Chronicle

Posting recently my reflections concerning reaching middle-age-ish and not having staked out for myself a traditional path, I got a lot of great responses. There seemed a thread which ran its way thr…

What does it feel like to thrown on a sword? Well that depends on whose done the throwing. Was it you, or did someone else land you there? Although ultimately each is painful, our willingness to see …

You know that old expression - anger leads to hate, hate leads to you making a fool of yourself. Well much as that is very true It is important that we acknowledge the feeling of anger is often justi…

A lot of big changes will arrive shortly come the beginning of March. First on the list will be slowly moving to a new apartment. No small feat in Japan considering the many costs associated with doi…

Been listening to a lot of stoic thoughts recently and within my recent past have been quite impacted by the book 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. Doing so provided allowed me to put many experience…

I've not uploaded anything new since the 26th of December. That is unusual for me even given that that time was basically a holiday. Returning now as I am to creative endeavors I want to keep you, wh…

What's life without kicking back once in a while and going out drinking. Incredibly sober healthy and productive but let's focus too much on that detail. Recently I wrapped up around five weeks of fo…

Japan's cultural pressures are like none other in the world given it's much different value system. This system has no doubt allowed the country to survive, but survival does not always equate to hap…

Our progress as a species moves forward in nearly every quantifiable way from poverty to education, but this does not mean that our success or failure overall has ever ceased its balancing act on a r…

The Japanese, although generally a more diminutive people, can drink like vikings. Schools are a little tamer no doubt than the drinking culture a salary man would see on a daily but they are still f…

Arriving in Japan and all the madness that ensued, the highs, the lows, all of it here on this new episode. I recount the excitement of my process to get to Japan and the first training week of my ar…

This time we continue the adventure of growing up. Due to rugby being introduced to me at a very young age, a size advantage and excellent coaching caught the eye of both private schools in my local …

Life as an expat in Japan is a trip. Learning the culture and language is a never-ending parade of hilarious failures and awkward mistakes. Here on The Interstice I discuss in intimate detail this al…