Lyle Anderson - samurai spirit

As some of you know, for the past 16 months, I have been recovering from spinal cord injury, which left me temporarily paralyzed, and made for my goal, to be able to run a 5K run. I'm at the point where I can walk a 5K - but the motion of running is something I can't do, yet.

Today, on AOL's everday health page, I read a story of Lyle Anderson, who was diagnosed with MS almost seven years ago.  This year, he will be competing in the Ironman Championship in Kona, Hawaii.  Click here for his inspiring story.   

Official Executioner for the Shogunate?

I've always read that the position of official executioner for the Bakufu was a fictional position, thought up by Kazuo Koike, for the manga, Lone Wolf and Cub.

However, I am reading a book titled, Behind the Face of Japan, which is another post in itself as it was originally written in 1934, and revised in 1942, that mentions the last of the official executioners, but not by name, so I couldn't research it through that means. 

However, coming across this tidbit of information has generated curiosity in my part to further research this subject more.

Zombies and ninjas

I just finished writing a short story about zombies attacking a commuter light rail train in Los Angeles, and the ninja, Kaze no Katsumi (which turns out to be my alter-ego, in the story) has to save the commuters.

It is available on Amazon Kindle. Please check out Zombie Brawl, or Rants and Raves of a MAss Transit Commuter the Day the Zombies Attacked the Train