Archive for July, 2006

Touché

Friday, July 14th, 2006

You know you have seen his picture on t-shirts all over. Jim Fitzpatrick’s two-tone drawing of the controversial revolutionary Che Guevara is one of the best known images in the world. But I hadn’t seen it in Japan much. That is until this morning.

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Learning About the Japanese Medical System (The Hard Way)

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

On a very rainy Sunday evening at around 7:00pm I was hit by a car while crossing the street on my bicycle. I had a green light and by the time I realized this car wasn’t planning to stop, it was too late. I braced myself for the impact and tried to make sure I went over the hood rather than under the car, which probably would have killed me.

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