'Uroko' affectionados,  This has been a chaotic year for me.  I transplanted from Japan back to the US where I live and work now – don't have nearly the amount of disposable time to think and write. BUT, I am working on a book as well as a "presentation", by which I intend to, uhm […]

Pretty darn good piece I stumbled on to … http://www.servelec.net/lincoln.htm "Mary Todd Lincoln, upon hearing of her husband's death, began screaming, "Oh, that dreadful house!" Earlier historians felt that this spontaneous utterance referred to the White House. Some now believe it may have been directed to Thomas W. House, a gun runner, financier, and agent […]