I Had to Pay for a Band-aid, but I Didn't Marry a Man...

For anyone who cares, I'm back from a great couple of weeks in Nova Scotia. There'll be lots of (crappy) photos in the near future, and I may even try my hand at actually writing something. While I'm checking out what you all have been up to, a few random comments...

Damn, I didn't think it could be done (by me), but it was: over two weeks without so much as a sniff of the internets (although I gotta say I'm a little disappointed that I didn't lose any weight; on the plus side, my bum shoulder seems to have healed itself...).

Speaking of losing weight, yikes! Every time I leave Japan it seems I've entered "Land of the Giants." My fellow North Americans, please, hit the salad bar once in a while, will ya?

There is such a thing as normal, and it ain't bad: Watching my daughter and my mother get to know each other was a fuckin' trip...

Beer seems to have a more pronounced effect when coupled with jet lag/lack of sleep. Think of the money we could all save if only I could get a government grant to study this!

You may like it, you may hate it, but it's a fact: Canadians (or people acting like them) will eventually take over the world and usher in an era of world peace and high taxes...

It's a little tough to love a place as much as I love Halifax, and know there's nothing there for me that will sustain my family the way Japan has and will continue to do...

Seeya soon...