In Hawaii, Aloha means hello, goodbye, and love. I’d like to say all three to Vagobond Magazine. You may have noticed that I’ve deleted all the NFT and Web3 content from this site. First of all, I’d like to say goodbye. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ – – – Because Vagobond Magazine has…
Let’s start this with a disclaimer. Growing up in Southern California in the 1970s – Disney was a big part of my childhood. You could almost say that Disney defined my childhood. My mom’s first job was working for Walt Disney at Disneyland. She was one of the original mermaids in the Disneyland lagoon. My…
The tricky part of traveling with my eleven-year-old daughter is finding ways to make it fun for both of us. I wasn’t going to keep us in the Narita Airport Crowne Plaza longer than I had to, so I’d booked us into Annex Katsutaro Ryokan in the old Nippori and Yanaka section of Arakawa City…
I love Japan. I’ve only spent a little bit of time here – but in that short period, I’ve learned that it offers everything I want from a place. The landscapes, the cities, the food, the people and culture, the technology, and much more. I’ve said it before – if Japan were the first country…
My inappropriate and offensive novel The Nuns of Baboob is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It is the story of a pig of a man, called Pig (among other things) who goes on a comical journey to a far off land that most people have never heard of. Order it here —> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ328ZYY This…
A Year of Practicing Baldism 1. Introduction to Baldism The goal of this article is to introduce the religion of Baldism (formerly Bald Jesusism) and the benefits it can bring to those who practice it. Baldism is a decentralized religion that was built by a process of crowdsourcing, trial and error, and adopting what works…
GM Frens! First of all — I want to thank you for subscribing to Vagobond Magazine whether it is through Substack, Vagobond.com, Medium, Cent or if you are reading this on Facebook, Twitter, or one of the many other channels we publish in — no matter where you are reading it- Thank you. Thank you…
This post is also a free NFT you can collect. Mint it at https://vagobond.cent.co I’ve been thinking a lot about how we tell stories. The ways we share our culture, our values, our ideas. I (like many people) was raised in a time and place where ‘storyteller’ was made synonymous with ‘liar’ or even ‘charlatan’….
Morris the Earth Walker Walk softly in the forest of life, ride on the wings of my love. Float peacefully on the waters of time… – Morris & Lynn Walker – Space Lake My uncle, Morris Wayne Walker, went home today. I’ve never really written about him because I guess we don’t write about the…
My Malaysian friend and I sat across the road on a dirty chunk of concrete drinking Tiger beer and watching the parade of hookers, strippers, sexy dancers, nude dancers, bar girls, hostesses, and every once in a while, a normal girl go by.