And yet I expected better. 😔

For Okinawan history, yes. But I'm not a historian by training, so I defer to Nate and others for general Japanese history.

And I just totally inserted myself into a conversation with an unrelated anecdote. Look at me.

Dr. Drea! I processed so many of his donations. Super nice guy.

I thought it was a standard American pet, like a monkey.

Thank you!!! I’m writing a paper on post 3.11 literature, haunting and Ozeki. I wanted to incorporate “Finger Bone” but wouldn’t have time to read it in Japanese (slower reader). I didn’t know it was in translation!

Well, at least you weren’t described as “average” because you didn’t lecture on Karl Rove.* *My class had nothing to do with Karl Rove.

You win the Most New Jersey Post of the Day.

I keep a tip jar on my desk. Take your tuition, divide it by days in the semester, and it is 20% of a day's tuition. I also accept Venmo.

Oh! That was you. I should have said hi and maybe I still will…