Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
As I get older, the more I find that simply learning things is perhaps my favorite hobby. Trying new things and getting better at them. Adding and polishing to the skills I use to interact with the world. To that end, I've been trying to…
Continue reading...Despite my best efforts, I am still merely human, and I made mistakes in my book. Some are simple typographical errors, while others are the results of misunderstanding and miscommunication. I am keeping in touch with the publisher about hopefully getting these fixed in future…
Continue reading...Flavour: A User's Guide to Our Most Neglect Sense, by Bob Holmes (I read the UK edition, hence the spelling mismatches you might notice). This is one of those pop-science books, written by a journalist, that catches the imagination but probably requires some caution. It…
Continue reading...Today, 21 February 2023, is the official release date of my first authored book, Discovering Yamaguchi Sake. It's hard to believe the day has finally come. I first conceived of the idea way back in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic was first making…
Continue reading...I started out as a small-pond/big-fish kind of guy. I grew up in a the country and was an academic achiever at an early age, so I would end up in the local paper for some kind of academic award every once in a while.
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