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“We’re like you lot,” Owain told us (meaning Canadian, as Marissa and I are). “We take and enjoy the good bits, and leave them the shite. Charlotte Church, for example, they can keep. So we get the best...
This caused a number of difficulties. Firstly, the questions from well-meaning but inquisitive people (such as my mother) were never-ending. Upon hearing my new title, they would ask, “So do you write books?” No, not at all. “Oh, so...
Basically, a lot of well-meaning but inquisitive people (such as my mother) think that I do nothing. But that’s not nearly as painful as some of the feelings of uselessness that I’ve inflicted upon myself. There are frequently days when I go into...
Much of Japan already has that sinking feeling. A decade ago, 90% of Japanese considered themselves "middle-class." In an Asia-wide survey conducted by U.T. last year, however, 60% of Japanese now rate their economic status as "below middle-class." The public's increasing awareness of kakusa shakai is...
Stoicism? Sure. It's a characteristic of an island where weather is a verb, where in a tiny, crowded place, patience is necessary. Americans, used to an entire continent of limitless potential, tend to have less need for stoicism. If they hate where they live, they often move somewhere else...