Musings from a financial translator in Tokyo (and now London)
Posted in Sports on Mar 29th, 2008
Opening day! At this time of year, what baseball fan can’t find some reason to think that their team actually has a chance to win it all? Lose a star player and possibly the best center fielder in the game? No problem! Lose the best left-hander on the planet? No worries! We still got Nathan, [...]
Posted in Music on Mar 23rd, 2008
About 4 years ago when I was in NY a tennis buddy of mine showed up for one of our matches with a wrist brace. Turns out he had broken his wrist in a fall a few days back. For guys, casts, braces, and any other injury-related paraphernalia is of course all manners of cool, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2008
The MBH’s dog, Toby, passed away today. He was just eight years old. A bright, strong-minded little bundle of fur started losing weight last year, apparently due to some kidney problem. The problem worsened, and it appears he suffered general kidney failure over the last week or so. Thankfully, the end was fairly fast, and [...]
Last December, when I went back to freelancing full time, I noticed my left hand – basically my pinky and right side of my palm – going numb and tingling at times. It first started up when I pulled a very long weekend on a long report, so I put it down to too much [...]