Tree against the machine.

Here are some pretty cool facts that can help us combat Global Warming.

 Trees also reduce the greenhouse effect by shading our homes and office buildings. This reduces air conditioning needs up to 30%, thereby reducing the amount of fossil fuels burned to produce electricity. This combination of CO2 removal from the atmosphere, carbon [...]

Top 10 Things You Can Do to Reduce Global Warming

Burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, oil and gasoline raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and carbon dioxide is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
You can help to reduce the demand for fossil fuels, which in turn reduces global warming, by using energy more [...]

The World Is Dying—And So Are You

The World Is Dying—And So Are You
By Richard B. Anderson
Los Angeles Times, Commentary Section, January 7, 2001
At the heart of the modern age is a core of grief.
At some level, we’re aware that something terrible is happening, that we humans are laying waste to our natural inheritance. A great sorrow arises as we witness the [...]

Tip-toeing to bed safetly

Have you ever tried to sneak home?
Have you ever tried to crawl through your parent’s house window and tip-toe up the stairs in hopes no one would hear you?
Were your stairs not the loudest stairs in the whole wide world?
Did your bones not snap and creek and break every single step?
If you don’t remember, try [...]

Text Messaging

Depending where you live in the world, text messaging from your phone is either big or it isn’t. I live in Japan and from what I’ve read; Japan and Australia are the two biggest text messaging countries in the world.
Our thumbs were not designed to text message.
I text message because I’m a cheap bastard! [...]

Language breakdown

I was in Australia in the outback sometime back. I was on a tour that consisted of about 15 people. One of the guys in the group was about our age and was really quiet.
One of my friends asked me if I knew much about the guy. I said, I hadn’t talked to him [...]

Speaking Japanese as a second language

Speaking a second language is fun!

There’s a lot of embarrassing mistakes made in the process of learning however.
For example I have said these before:
a) What I wanted to say: “Does your back still hurt”?
what was said: “Does your fish still hurt”?
b) What I wanted to say: [...]

Standing in Line

I don’t like standing in line.
You would think that most people are the same and yet I’ve seen otherwise.
The Japanese will go to Tokyo Disneyland and wait in lines all day just to enjoy 2 or 3 rides.
I’ve read that the average New Yorker spends 5 years of his entire life standing in line.
They [...]

Exercise smexercise!

I exercise a lot.
I always have.
This week I ran over 60 km’s and bicycled another 120 km’s.
I also lifted weights and I play Ice Hockey.
I feel so good about it that I also indulged in chocolates, potato chips, ice cream and alcohol. (not necessarily in that order)
Basically, the main reason I exercise is [...]

The trip back to the west coast (home).

The trip back to the west coast (home).
Well, after flying back to Canada for 4 weeks to tour the west coast and visit family, I found that trying to kill two birds with one stone isn’t as easy as it seems. Thanks to UBL and all my fans to help me win the Ultimate Band [...]