• Life

    Misspellings on Clothes: Princess Baby Hat

    March 25, 2021 - By 

    I believe that what you wear says something about who you are. In some cases, what you wearing literally says something. This hat, with its bright rose-gold foil-colored cursive commonly associated with throw pillows, decor about living and loving, and weddings, is not quite my style. Fortunately, thus hat was not gifted to me but to my baby. As you can see, the dot of the “i” is in the wrong place. I do not know whether this is a case of someone not knowing how to write cursive or an accident by a graphic designer. Surprisingly, this hat may…

  • Travel

    maidreamin – chain maid cafe in Akihabara

    October 22, 2018 - By 

    When I was in Akihabara, my friend was very interested in visiting a maid cafe. I was a bit curious, too, because I had been hearing a lot about the maid cafes of Japan. We ended up in a chain maid cafe called maidreamin located very close to the Akihabara Station. To find it, you do have to go in what looks like a side door and then up some stairs, but the very large logo on the wall will tell you that you are on the correct path. In 2018, there is a ¥500 cover charge for entry +…

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    Review: Dragon’s Egg by Richard L. Forward

    April 4, 2013 - By 

    This is a sort-of review of the book Dragon’s Egg by Richard L. Forward. Imagine a world of tiny creatures who exist with neutrons and live at a pace much faster than humans do. The cheela, once plants, become mobile and live through “turns”, their version of days. With twelve eyes and a rather malleable body, they evolve gradually. Their changes over time both pre- and post-human contact mirror human civilization both amusingly and sadly. Amongst those we meet are Pink-Eyes, who becomes their Jesus and beseeches the god “Bright” to still be kind to the cheela; Swift-Killer, who becomes…

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    Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

    May 13, 2012 - By 

    Abbott, E. A. (1984). Flatland. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. A. Square, a perfect parellelogram with equal sides, begins by explaining his world where the more vertices one has with regular angles, the higher in status one is. In fact, the highest are polygonal and are indistinguishable from circles. Like Gulliver, A. Square visits other lands that are different from his own. In A. Square’s case, he visits Pointland and Lineland, two worlds rather different from his own two-dimensional existence. He attempts to enlighten the Monarch of Lineland and a self-proclaimed god in Pointland and is himself enlightened by a…