Kyklops

I came across a very interesting article over at collision detection about how "loudness wars" are killing today's music. It...

I made a brief reference in a post back in December to the fact that I was once a professional musician, a rock drummer. By way of proof, I...

[Shamelessly stolen from Chez .] I suck, have always sucked, and will forever suck at math. I only wish I'd been as cool about in school...

Between living in a foreign country and being a family man, I rarely get to see any movies while they're still "new". Back hom...

Sorry, I've been really busy at work and I've been feeling too tired and too brain dead to post anything the past few days. Hope to ...

You know, I quite like a lot of death metal bands, but recently I've become a bit concerned about death metal singers. I mean, it can...

[This story originally appeared here .] For some reason, lately he'd become obsessed with mirrors. When he was alone in a room with a mi...

...not me! Maht over at The Moon Topples has announced the winners of the Vision Fiction Contest (scroll down a bit to read the stories) t...

Watching the video below reminded me of teaching my wife (bless her heart!) how to use a flash memory stick. If you've ever tried to tea...

[ Note : Most of the readers of this little blog don't live in Japan, and we here at Kyklops are bombarded with daily requests for the ...

A few more pics from Sunday's trip to the zoo. As my Japanese students (of English) say, "That's all..." Another cheerful ...

Most of the dialogue in the clip below (from Scary Movie 4 ) is in Japanese. Believe me, you'll be surprised at how much Japanese you al...

Miyazaki has a small zoo, the Phoenix Zoo , and I spent today there with my family. Yes, that means I'm going to bore you some more with...

You know, I usually don't feel like writing. It's odd, really (because I really love talking ). I think it stems from my days at uni...

Well, after some initial problems with email, I submitted my entry to the Short Fiction Contest at The Moon Topples. There are some great s...

Not being the most creative person even on the best of days, I have absolutely no "creative" energy to spare on blogging for the n...

[Note: So far as I can tell, the primary source for the information below is Debito.org , and the translations for the picture captions are ...

I don't know, maybe I'm making too much out of it, but... Recently my 4-year-old daughter has expressed some unhappiness about going...

Maht over at Moon Topples has announced a Short Fiction Contest (with prizes!). Any readers of this blog (I'm looking at you Maliha a...

Nothing to say, really. I kinda like this picture, taken here in Miyazaki last October.