Category Archives: Non-fiction

Essay: Jazz Messsenger

I’m feeling downtrodden this week, and came back to this essay I read a while ago. The last lines are inspirational and reading them brings me out of my funk somewhat. Even if it has nothing to do with my current problems, the idea that something is out there waiting for you to mold it [...]

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Non-fiction: Sole Survivor - One man’s quest to find the best shoes ever made

I always enjoy reading anything by Burkhard Bilger. He has a way of writing that makes it easy to read and I never get bored or confused. This is from a while back, on shoes. I think about shoes a lot, but never get anywhere. Boots dominate my collection, yet I don’t have any truely [...]

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Non-fiction: Japanese women seeking Seoul mates

This was lying in the dust. Intended as a companion article for this previously post on Japanese women and their relationships.
I cringe at the easy pun of the title, but here is another interesting article about the dating scene for Japanese women. Actually, this reminds me of the Ester Pan article about Asian men [...]

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