Tag: Present

Charlie, one of my dearest classmates from high school, wrote to tell me he had stage three cancer. I don’t know what that means. I don’t want to know. Fortunately, he didn’t tell me until he was already on the mend. “Don’t worry, I’m better now, I&rs...

We’re a month on from the highly anticipated PlayStation Showcase that, for most people, failed to deliver. After announcing their first showcase for 2 years, there was a large amount of hype building up to the day. Huge predictions were made, hopes and dream scenarios were discussed, and f...

When I was moving out and selling as much as possible someone came to my apartment to buy my old mattress. On their way out they saw the two photographs I’d printed and mounted on the wall. They asked about buying them and I decided to give them the one of Saratoga beach. The brush of pas...

My first exposure to the practice of present-moment mindfulness dates back more than two decades ago, when I started the efficient but elaborate (and time-consuming!) commute from a suburban gaijin house to my new job in west-end Tokyo. E-books and audiobooks became more than just my constant travel...

“Time” is the most commonly used noun in the English language. The word itself is so versatile: we can kill time, do time, save it and spend it. Time even takes on a medicinal role when it comes to healing both physical and emotional wounds. Most of us wish we had more of it, and yet tim...

Although the Universe was only two-thirds of its present age back when the Sun was first forming, things back then were already very similar to how they are today. The Milky Way appeared relatively isolated: the second-largest member of a relatively modest group of galaxies. Low-mass dwarf galaxies ...

The online fashion platform Revolve, in collaboration with Maison.Meta, the host of AI Fashion Week, has released the collections of the top 3 designers from AI Fashion Week as actual products. Each designer’s collection includes 10–12 garments, ranging from taffeta dresses to one-should...

Meet Alex. He is a college student who loves basketball. Every afternoon, he goes to the basketball court near his house and shoots hoops for an hour. He believes that practice makes perfect and dreams of playing professionally one day. His friends often join him, and they have friendly matches. Ale...