Archive for August 2010
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Summer 2010 Mid-season Impressions
We’re just past the half-way point of the current season, and fast approaching the beginning of the next. A handful of our staff have taken a moment to tell you what we think of the show’s we’re watching so far, up to this point. This collection of our mid-season thoughts will serve as the first [...]
The Making of Greatness, Part 1
“Greatness isn’t born. Greatness is made.” I’ve often seen such assertions made in the tag lines of motivational speaking programs and self-help books, who endlessly extol the virtues of hard work and self-application, and applaud the accomplishments of self-made men and women. All great achievers share in common the characteristics of bold initiative, strong work [...]
Once Upon a Time in Akihabara
It’s the night before Comiket 78. In about a few hours, I will be joining hundreds of thousands of others like myself, lining up in the sweltering heat and braving stampedes of foul-smelling young men in a quest for books, goods and trinkets. On the eve of battle, I sit alone in my Tokyo apartment, [...]
