The next morning after a breakfast of oatmeal and microwaved egg sandwiches, we emptied our rooms of bags and wine-stuffed boxes. Now I mentioned earlier that Dasad had rented a Chrysler Sebring for our travels, a nice unimposing number with four doors, three passengers, and no retractable hood. The little gray wisp of a car [...]
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West Coastin’: Geek Out
Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, anime, tagged anime, bubble tea, burgers, California, Chrysler Sebring, fast food, figures, food, humor, In and Out Burger, Japan, Japantown, life, luggage, manga, noodles, questions, ramen, San Francisco, soba, Teana-Lanster, travel, udon, wine on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
West Coastin’: I left my heart . . . where?
Posted in Dasad Adventures, Wanderings, anime, tagged anime, bay, cities, cupcakes, food, hibachi, humor, J-pop sumit, Japan, Japantown, kawaii festival, manga, otaku, San Francisco, superlatives, travel on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After visiting Fisherman’s Wharf for some authentic Boudin sourdough, we made our way along the water to Gheribelli Square for a tour of their modest chocolate shop. Dasad poked his head into a gourmet cupcake place, buying three small cakes for about twelve bucks. Frankly I doubted the value of a four dollar dessert, which [...]
Word Families
Posted in Malarchy, tagged anime, dictionary, gifts, humor, insults, manga, Mark Twain, mispoken, missing, misunderstandings, new words, quotes, sports, traffic, words on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every family possesses a language all its own, independent of its own nation, region, or race. Here in the U.S. despite the fact that we all (supposedly) speak the same tongue, we rarely understand one another. As Mark Twain reminds us during one of his visits to France: In Paris they simply stared when [...]
Diluted Sins
Posted in Dasad Adventures, Malarchy, tagged books, bookstores, catholic, gaming, guilt, humor, iced tea, Lent, life, manga, religion, sacraments, sacrifice, sin, sinners, video games on April 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“What did you give up for Lent?” An honest response to this question typically requires a fair bit of chagrin, a prolonged sigh, and an explanatory tale that often begins with “Well, it’s like this . . . “ Regardless of their beginnings, no two stories are the same even though — more often than [...]
Economic Value
Posted in Wanderings, tagged bibliophile, books, economy, fantasy, gift cards, ice cream, iced tea, manga, one piece, raspberry tea, tea on January 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The man approached us while we stood in line, our arms plump with books like old-time school children – bibliophiles that we are. I had come to the bookstore early that afternoon to stock up on several new manga volumes. A story sickness had overtaken me over the last few weeks, and my visits [...]
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Posted in Wanderings, tagged anime, art, batman, desad, manga, spiderman on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Short message today for anyone visiting the site, take a look at Dasad’s recent posts if you have the opportunity, here or at my Blogroll. I have begged him for years to post some of his art, and finally you have the opportunity to see his work. Keep visiting his site when you [...]
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