Monthly Archives: March 2006

The red circle is the sun goddess Amaterasu. It is the rising sun on the Japanese flag. It is Zen. It is an amazupai umeboshi. It is beautiful in its simplicity. Sadly, it is no longer used by Japan Airlines. Back when airplane food truly sucked, when they still handed out packs of honey-roasted peanuts … Continue reading »

What can these mats really do make sure that avian influenza doesn’t enter the country? I think they’re there just to make everyone feel better, kind of like making people wait two hours to pass through security when you go to LAX makes us feel safer. Because they’re special mats! When you return overseas to … Continue reading »