Monthly Archives: December 2003
Sunset As Seen On The Caldera
Tips On Ear Popping
I suspect I will be using one of these techniques on the long flight back. TIP FOR ALL DIVERS: Practice clearing the night before the first dive of your trip, and immediately before your first dive. It will loosen “things” up. EAR-CLEARING TECHNIQUES Valsalva Maneuver: The most common ear-clearing technique, this maneuver involves holdnig the … Continue reading
I Love The Onsen
I have been going quite frequently as of late. Today, I went with Joe and Azumi to an onsen in Kikuchi. Its too bad that onsens will never catch on in America. Sitting in the sauna helps to sweat out a hangover, and to get rid of all the toxins. You can smell a night’s … Continue reading
Good Day!
I just finished an epic sandwitch, it’s less than a week until I take off for the U.S. and oh, by the way, WE CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN (according to the DNA tests, as of now)!!! What a great Christmas bonus for our troops in Iraq!
Let’s Enjoy Christmas Shopping
music cues, a panicked, whiplash-inducing glance for the exit. sinking feeling of impending doom. hands stiffen, drop the can of corn nibblets and smack over ears with vice-grip of death. a futile gesture of resistance “Aaaaaaughhhhh!!! Make it stop! Must…get…away…from…Wham…” Last Christmas I gave you my heart… complete sense of pure unfiltered dread momentarily drowns … Continue reading
Screaming Trees
I just wrote this for my village’s newspaper. It will be interested to see what people think of it when I come back from Christmas break. Americans are generally very impressed at the Japanese traditional arts and their complex sense of aesthetics (or they pretend to be in order to appear “cultured”). Many people marvel … Continue reading
Phosphorescence
There are two types of bioluminescence that I know of. One form is created by the mixing of the chemicals luciferin and luciferase. Animals such as fireflies and anglerfish either have organs that produce luciferin and luciferase (both internally and externally) or support colonies of bioluminescent bacteria who produce these chemicals in their bodies, living … Continue reading