Livin’ With a Hernia
This morning I woke up with some pretty severe lower back pain. The kind of pain that makes you say “Oh, I guess I can’t bend at the waist today.” It seems I’ve gotten old.
Archive for the Health Category
Work Less, Sleep More
Today was an unscheduled day off for me as the Mrs. and I thought it would be wiser to visit a doctor sooner rather than later for my recurring chest problems. Monday’s visit to the doctor resulted in a prescription for some light relaxation medicine, but it wasn’t enough to keep the stabbing pains at [...]
More Than An Annoyance
Over the last decade or so I’ve been battling a bunch of minor problems such as insomnia, headaches, chest pain, and blood pressure. Insomnia I can usually deal with as the extra waking hours can be used to analyze things until either I fall asleep, or solve/rationalize a complex problem. Headaches have been a common [...]
The Annual Medical Exam
If you would have told me five years ago that I would see a doctor at least once a month and be subject to an annual medical checkup, I would have scoffed like a Brit watching Spain win the World Cup. In the first 28 years of my life I’ve seen a doctor no [...]
06.30.09 | Health, Living in Japan | Jason
Is Social Media Making Infants of Us All?
The Guardian recently featured an article by Patrick Wintour on the risks that some social media sites might carry. The article discusses a report done by Lady Greenfield warning us that sites like Facebook, Bebo, and Twitter risk infantilizing the mind, leaving it characterized by short attention spans, sensationalism, an inability to empathize, and [...]
02.25.09 | Health, Internet, Technology | Jason
Who Has The Right?
The gentle sound of children laughing and playing in the nearby park wafted over a cool autumn breeze. Summer was now over and the cold clutches of winter would soon be upon the city. Sitting by the window, the ex-athlete looked at the scene with distaste.
One year ago, on a day much like [...]
Online Bullying: Is It Really So Bad?
Last week I was having a rather heated discussion with someone, let’s call him Kenji, at the local coffee house regarding online bullying. He had been rather adamant that people under the age of 17 should not be permitted to join chat rooms or have blogs, in the event that they’re bullied to the point [...]
10.13.08 | Health, Internet, Online Crime | Jason
Electric vs. the Blade
Facial hair is a funny thing. Not funny “ha-ha”, but funny in that it serves no real purpose for most men, yet continues to grow with an ever-quickening pace. Since the dawn of civilization, many men have sought to keep these sharp hairs from our face, lest the fairer sex refuse to kiss [...]
Hello Darkness My Old Friend …
What’s the sound of one heart stopping?
It’s a question that few want to know,
yet a question where few minds go.
To hear the beep next to the bed,
like sound comfort next to the head.
The fearful pain and watchful signs,
the tragic moment … the tragic lines.
Sorry I’ve been gone for so long. There have been some [...]
I Can’t Get No Sleep
I’m sittin’ at a coffee table unable to see straight,
watchin’ parallel lines unwind and undulate,
across the steam-streaked windows the scene seems bleak,
another train leavin’ home
conceding defeat with a low moan.
Hanging in a sky made of stone,
everybody’s leavin’ home,
I call my man Jerome to come meet me in the Twilight Zone
“Leave your mobile phone at home [...]
Does Japan Change Us?
While checking out JapanSoc I happened to see a discussion regarding a post on Blogging Brad’s new site. The question brad asked was quite simple and one that many foreigners ask when living in a new country: Did Japan change you?
We can exchange Japan for any nation we might spend any length of [...]