Weird thing just happened. I ran out to the supermarket with my wife to pick up some things for our lunches tomorrow. As we stood in line wa...

It's been a busy week. Valentine's Day and a trip he the Suntory Yamazaki Whiskey Distillery all on Saturday. Good stuff. The Yamaza...

Yay! Just a short post today. It's National Foundation Day here in Japan which means it's another public holiday. I'm not compla...

Quick excerpt from a conversation yesterday between myself and one of my students: Student: "Mr. O'Shea." Me: "Yes."...

Today is Setsubun and it's almost over. I spent part of the morning being pelted with soy beans. Oh yeah; did I mention I was dressed as...

It's been almost a week since my previous blog. Simply put, I'm damn busy. It's coming close to the end of the Japanese school y...

Wow! We actually had snow today. Snow in Kobe, Japan! It was a surprise, but not much longer after it fell, it was all gone. Of course, I wa...

Another weekend is upon us and things in Kobe just got a little chillier. No plans this weekend aside for tomorrow's race. I'm runni...

It's another week and it's a great day/evening. Barack Obama will be inaugurated in about 2 hours and will become the new President ...

It's been a little while since I've written something. It was my first full wek back at work since my nasty stomach virus. I'm f...