Monthly Archives: May 2011

“Director: [in Japanese] Mr. Bob-san, you are relaxing in your study. On the table is a bottle of Suntory whiskey. Got it? Look slowly, with feeling, at the camera, and say it gently — say it as if you were speaking to an old friend. Just like Bogie in Casablanca, ‘Here’s looking at you, kid!’Continue reading “lost in translation, mired in misunderstanding”

ESPN’s David Newton took it upon himself to imagine what a NASCAR draft would look like. Topping off the list was the moderately-talented, but supremely attractive Danica Patrick, of whom Newton commented: “Like Cam Newton on the NFL side, she may not be the most talented, but when you combine talent with marketability she’d be hardContinue reading “survey the illusions in the rear-view mirror”

A traveler moves across an unknown wilderness. His day has been long and its endlessness still stretches before him like the unfolding day-and-night landscape. He carries the weight of essential possessions and threadbare isolation on his back. He is alone, unknown, sketching his trail silently in a remote land where he finds himself far fromContinue reading “find your way home again”

What is the best gift you have ever given? received? Given: I try to be creative and personal with gifts. But, by far the best gift I ever gave to someone was for a very close friend of mine’s birthday… which is only a few days separated from Christmas. This meant I had to giveContinue reading “the greatest gifts”