Still insanely busy -- today's a recruitment day here at U. Michigan PhD -- but another new story from Tokyo days...Crackling with young energy, running at a thousand thousand volts, the Shibuya district of Tokyo inspired a hundred cyberpunk / anime / Bladerunner visions of the future. And in the midst of all that frenzied rush is the most famous ( Read more... )

There are stories, and there are legends. Today, a legend ( Read more... )

A story I didn't even know about until later, learned from the Internet, a story perhaps not even those who joined me there perhaps even knew, or perhaps they did. A story of love, and courage, and defiance, and one last song at White Hart Tavern, a story of the last song of the year, the song that wasn't on the set list...


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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both...


- Robert Frost

My friend Brendan and I had lunch a few weeks ago together, and we talked of many things, a conversation, echoing so many others, which inspired this entry posted today. An outsider might think the two of us stand across the fork in the road from each other, ( Read more... )

Swamped busy busy ack! In the meantime, an entry inspired by a dance at Terpschichore, some weeks ago...

A lieta vita /amor c'in vita

To life, happy and sweet / Love beckons us

The two dancers gave their respects to the Duke and Dutchess at the head of the hall. And then, between the two sides of the hall lined with spectators in their medieval ( Read more... )

Mel Kenyon has been a professional motorsports racer for almost fifty years. He was the third place finisher in the Indianpolis 500 in 1968 and qualified for the world's most famous auto race seven other times --all of this after surviving a horrific crash that covered 40% of his body with third-degree burns and cost him all the fingers on his left ( Read more... )

While still swamped, an entry written over winter break and posted today to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day. :-)

Every time she brought up the subject, he got nervous and tried to duck and change the topic ( Read more... )

In the care of the suffering he needs technical skill, scientific knowledge, and human understanding. He who uses these with courage, with humility, and with wisdom will provide a unique service for his fellow man and will build an enduring edifice of character within himself ( Read more... )

Before the June 2002 House of Delegates, I wrote an entry entitled "The Gold and Velvet Badge"; before the December 2002 House of Delegates, one entitled "For an Unknown Lady's Colors". This year I don't have any time to write anything --and to my greater frustration, no time over the last week-plus to read any of you diaries or leave notes ( Read more... )