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We all love the land of Hello Kitty, but some of us take it too far. Some of the white guys teaching English in Japan want to really become Japanese. Their efforts to morph their race go unacknowledged by local authorities and up goes the old cry: “Racism!” It’s true, no matter how fluent Billy [...]

For Spring break, my girlfriend and I flew to the nation’s capitol, Washington D.C., and spent five nights. It was incredible. Booking our tickets a few weeks ago, we had no idea it would be such a historic week on Capitol Hill. I’ll have to send house speaker Nancy Pelosi a thank-you note for putting [...]

I got my BS in mathematics from the University of Arizona, in the beautiful city of Tucson. I didn’t always think education was important, in fact when I grew up, I joined the military instead of going directly to school. I thought that a degree was just a piece of paper. Then in the Air [...]

With the conclusion of a long year of classes and work, my girlfriend and I decided to go celebrate amid the dazzling lights and sounds of Las Vegas. Our plane took off the very Friday afternoon of finals week, and we were in for a week of fun and excitement. We booked four hotels in [...]

I just took a nine-day trip to Las Vegas with my girlfriend, and I ended up learning a lot more than I thought I would. Here are some of the things I did in the City That Never Sleeps. Checked in at the Stratosphere. Played slot machines for the first time ever. Got seven “quick [...]

Hashigo is the Japanese art of barhopping. While every country has its share of barhopping, leave it to the overworked Japanese salaryman to take the art to its extreme. My girlfriend taught me this exotic eastern art and the bars in Columbus will never forget our hashigo adventures. The word “hashigo” is written in katakana [...]

I just got back from five days in Florida with my girlfriend. That’s why there’s been silence from Glowing Face Man for the past few days. We took off from Columbus on a Thursday (I had another teacher cover for me at my calculus class) and made a connecting flight in Atlanta, Georgia. Actually, we [...]

When was the last time you broke into a building? When was the last time you went somewhere you weren’t supposed to go? Was it when you were a kid? Not if you’re an Urban Explorer. Urban Exploration is the art of going where you’re not allowed to go. Rooftops. Tunnels. Construction sites. Abandonments. Restricted [...]

Early in my Japan trip, I experienced something almost no tourists experience, in part because I speak a ton more Japanese than most tourists, but more importantly because I got lucky as hell. I was on a train somewhere around the Ōmiya area, and I started a conversation with an older Japanese woman. Of course, [...]

Going to Japan, I noticed a stark difference between how the Asian Idols presented themselves, versus how it’s done in the West. At the same time, at a deeper level, they both do the same thing. Of course I’ll say in advance, there are exceptions to both rules, I’m speaking in broad generalities, etc. etc. [...]