There’s No Shame in being a UFO Enthusiast…

**Many of you will be aware by now that I’ve actually had a major change of plans and am now in Frankfurt, Germany. I’ll write more about the atypical series of events that unfolded in the 48 hours or so I was in China by tomorrow but I thought in the meantime I’d post what I had already written and planned to post about my trip to Japan. It’s amazing in hindsight how you can fly for just 3 hours from Japan to another Asian... Read More

Back to the Future…

This afternoon (morning in Japan, evening back in Chicago – so, I’ve taken the average which puts me somewhere around 2pm) sees me sitting in a highly desirable business class seat – which I take pleasure in announcing I’ll be converting into a bed for the remainder of the journey – for the 13 hour ‘hop’ from Chicago to Tokyo. How I managed to secure this seat is quite another issue; basically I was running late to start... Read More