http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/ en-us http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2601.html "Who in the sweet name of baby Jesus and Santa Claus's cousin decided we need to run a house fire as the lead tonight?" D. C. Klein spoke in an even and measured tone, barely louder than normal conversation, but the news staffers within pitching distan... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2507.html Coming back to the States brought with it a bevy of emotions and thoughts. For the longest time there was just a feeling of "outness" -for lack of a better term- wherein I just felt incapable of identifying with people. A couple days of chilling with m... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2489.html As you all must have noticed by now, MooP is missing. I and I alone know where he is right now. Yes, he has been abducted by me, but the rumors that this is just a lark or sexually motivated prank are patently false. MooP is still alive, but there a... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2484.html How many of us really appreciate old people for the resource that they are? When was the last time you talked to an old person about their life or about life in general? I think one of the worst tragedies of the modern society is the neglect of aged ... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2481.html I recently found out that a good friend of mine has started shooting heroin. I have to admit that this shocked the hell out of me, but not because I never expected this guy to. He is the most fucked up of all my friends, who as a whole can be pretty fu... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2478.html I went golfing last month with a group of Japanese people. It was a real treat for me, literally and figuratively. A friend of ours hosted me as a congratulations gift for making it into graduate school over here. Golfing is also semi-exclusive in J... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2475.html The recent flurry of newsbabble about the genome sets the stage nicely for one of my favorite interests: biology, especially human biology and behavior. Anthropological, biological and evolutionary (anthriolutionary?) approaches to human behavior can ... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2470.html My second year of college shared an apartment with three guys from a small town who had known each other for years. All really good guys, and all serious sports fans. Not sports freaks or armchair quarterbacks, but serious fans of the game. Jason an... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2465.html It all beginsa harmless perusalbrownclearredbeerHeart rhythm jazzes downWhat? Where? When? (Now!!)I sense the sationfeel the pride, hubris of indulgenceAnticipation of the crack - of a seal - of an ice upon immersionit comesA wavy scent of heat on a... http://www.asylumnation.com/blogs/nutrimentia/post-2462.html For those who haven't read my earlier article on this topic, you can read about it here and the resulting discussion here. Since I live in Japan, I am not privy to a lot of current US news. I did however get to keep track of the recent Californian p...