Fun Japanese Slang: Car Edition

Let’s be real: Japanese people love playing with their language to create new phrases and words. As the summer holiday descends upon the country and more people hit the roads, let’s take a look at two of the fun phrases and slang I’ve managed to accumulate related to cars and driving while living here in […]

The Murals at Steele Indian School Park

The murals outside Steel Indian School park have always been a treat for me to look at when I’ve been walking along the road to catch the light rail. A while back, however, a new cycle of art was put up, and to capture the current state of art at the park, I wanted to […]

Phoenix Comicon 2016

Comic book conventions have come a long way since their inception. Now, they are more a celebration of several different “geek” interests: Anime, video games, comics, fantasy, sci-fi, steampunk, television, and movies. In Phoenix, I was lucky enough to visit the annual Phoenix Comicon in spite of the 117-degree weather.