Category Archives: Living On The Edge

“Outside The Box”: Does it pass the sanity test?

Posted on September 30, 2020 by John Rachel

My insanely weird short story “Outside the Box” is featured in the most recent anthology from SCARS Publication. Apparently they liked it, since they named the entire collection after it. Continue reading →

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Life In Japan: Washlets

Posted on January 29, 2020 by johnrachel

Why haven’t washlets, a Japanese innovation I put on a par with the invention of the steam engine or artificial intelligence, caught on in Western countries? Has someone tried to market them to the wiping/smearing/stinky-butted round-eyed barbarians of Europe, the U.S., Australia, Canada, and the rest of the non-Japanese world … and gone bankrupt?  I don’t get it. Continue reading →

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Life In Japan: Arthur the Celebrity Cat

Posted on February 12, 2018 by johnrachel

My adorable cat Arthur beat me to the punch and got in the newspaper. And he doesn’t even have an agent. What do I need to do to get some press around here? Continue reading →

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Kingda Ka, oh baby!

Posted on June 24, 2016 by johnrachel

Nothing like the thrill of a high-speed roller coaster and the boredom of sitting in a traffic jam. America is a land of contradictions. Or is that contrariness. Continue reading →

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Caught Faking My Own Death

Posted on October 26, 2013 by johnrachel

How embarrassing! Continue reading →

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What’s in a name?

Posted on August 29, 2013 by johnrachel

I’ve had three legal names in my lifetime. Continue reading →

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What if they gave a war and everybody showed up?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by johnrachel

Back in the 60s, there was an anti-war slogan popularized by Charlotte E. Keyes, which was then turned into a full-length film: “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?” Well, I’m proposing the opposite: “What if they gave a war and everybody showed up?” Continue reading →

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I Don’t Suck!

Posted on May 22, 2011 by johnrachel

People just too darn busy. End of the world postponed for several months. Continue reading →

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The Camera Doesn’t Lie

Posted on April 13, 2011 by johnrachel

There might be something to all of this radioactivity concern here in Japan. Continue reading →

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