Articles by mika

Nikki

takusan

Many gods, no masters, says an anarchist.

Many gods, many masters, says a Japanese person.

tenkou

Spring and apocalypse shouldn’t go together.

But then again, maybe they should if obligatory.

seikou suru

It’s the number of opportunities to fail, not to succeed.

koibumi

Sometimes one must write a love letter to tabbouleh.

hogan-nage

What happens when shot put players switch to being pitchers?

naikouteki

Lately the bar for being an introvert has gotten higher.

Perhaps introverts from a decade ago should now be called extra introvert.

But that’s too long, so it can be abbreviated to extr.overt.

maemotte

If someone had described this world to me before I was born, would I have thought this was doable?

gagambo

Seeing a crane fly while looking for that mosquito is quite alarming.

toki syokusu

“Time eats it all”

Indeed.

tanjyoukai

for age mod 10 = 0, celebrate when age = age ± age/10/2.

areare

That thing that describes things you can’t remember the names for. That thing.

So typical.

same no ha

Sand tiger sharks are just big puppies. Sure.

But if they want to, could they take a piece of me as a souvenir?

sango

What if coral reefs are ticklish?

fune no naka no fune

This ship is such a ship. SUCH a ship.

mokuteki

Maybe the hand in the ultimate machine just wants to come out of the box.

Perpetual frustration.

koushin

It’s hard to tell if we’ve started marching towards it. Wonder if that’s how everyone felt in the past.

maemotte

If I had been told this was the deal before entering, it probably didn’t good.

But once in, it’s not so bad!

panikkin

Cut four slices of gruyere bread.

M “Cut more, no?”

“Oh no, I’ll just take one.”

M “Take more.”

“I’m fine. I’ll just take this edge piece.”

M “No no, you should cut more! You usually eat the whole loaf.”

It is true. I love it.

chiisai

Tiny data solutions are often quite elegant.

hyouga

After watching a super hero movie, all I could think about was how those super powers would be great on glacier travels.

Seems I’ve been bitten by the mountain bug.

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