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What is this “MOJO” of which you speak? (Part 1)

March 17, 2009 – 1:03 am

What is this “mojo” of which you speak? (from my Facebook Notes)
Friday, February 27, 2009 at 5:29pm 
(the following is a ‘work in progress’ related to an online community I plan to launch later this year. Bouncing it off of y’all for early reactions, feedback…)
The word ‘mojo’ has many roots, but seems to have its […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in relationship, psychology, friendship, human nature, happiness, autonomous learning, self-help, marriage, community, learning, environment, health, philosophy, education, personal | Comments (1)

More on brotherhood: Best Man speeches

October 10, 2008 – 4:28 am

My brother surprised me several years ago with a gesture that will always be among the proudest gifts I have received: he asked me to be his Best Man at his wedding. After he explained his reasons–basically that friends drift in and out of our lives, but only our siblings are constant and forever–I knew […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in human nature, perspective, happiness, friendship, marriage, quotes, personal | Comments (4)

Japanese Gairaigo.

July 1, 2008 – 1:04 pm

First things first. Several months ago, I was asked (by one of RoaS’s regular readers and a long time friend) to give my thoughts on the issue of garaigo, or loanwords, in Japanese and whether their rapid influx into the language is indeed undermining communication and causing mass concern.
My answer is: yes and no, but […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in perspective, human nature, debate, efl, autonomous learning, community, language, education, teaching, philosophy, learning | Comments (0)

Without tailoring, all you have is an expensive tablecloth.

April 18, 2008 – 2:17 pm

Dear readers,
 We’re just about ready to get on track with regular posting again, but I need to do something first….
During this first short year, I have come to realize that I am trying to do too many different things with this blog, which is inhibiting my ability to achieve any one of my lofty online aspirations. Don’t […]

By Steven Nishida | Also posted in career, perspective, happiness, self-help, autonomous learning, life-coach, human nature, friendship, blogging, personal, education, community, philosophy, rants | Comments (1)

Comedic sites worth a visit

March 13, 2008 – 2:15 pm

I haven’t introduced any new sites recently, because I hadn’t found anything funny enough to follow up passiveaggressivenotes.com.
Well the wait is over. Here are two gems that deserve the time it will take you to click on over there and start laughing your ass off:

The first site is Stuff White People Like was introduced to […]

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On Hope and Anger

January 29, 2008 – 6:41 am

This is something I wrote when I was in college, deeply immersed in what I thought was heavy and profound thought:
Hope and Anger
The great thing about losing hope is that you also lose anger….
To be angry, you have to believe that things could better.
What a gloomy, cynical, self-absorbed twat I used to be!
Don’t worry. […]

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Let’s Get metaPhysical

November 4, 2007 – 7:25 am

*Guest Contributor
Lately, I’ve been reading an amazing novel that was published in 1970 called, “The Atrocity Exhibition”, by J.G. Ballard. Yes, the same title as the Joy Division song on the album, Closer. Shame on me for never having read Ballard’s fine material until now. The story of the book is told in a series […]

By flat-black | Also posted in philosophy, art | Comments (0)

Passive-Aggressive Notes

August 28, 2007 – 5:15 am

This site is an example of why I love the internet. A simple concept, amplified by a wide base of reader-contributors, endless entertainment, nobody harmed. Kudos to the folks that conceived this one:
(Click the image below to view the site)

Enjoy!
Steve
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the devil, and his being in the details

August 27, 2007 – 3:39 am

Note from Steve: As you may have noticed, I have a pretty full plate these days and can’t quite get to posting everyday. For this reason, and in the interest of diversity, I have asked a couple of realityonastick’s regular commenters to join in and keep you all entertained. This is a trial run, so […]

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