I return from Japan to the most American welcome imaginable. It's my version of Alexander's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (a fantastic children's book if my kid brain remembers anything at all). 

At best I might say something useful in the middle of it all, and at worst perhaps you'll recognize a bit of your own recent days.

In a nutshell, I'm petty sometimes, and nothing frustrates me more than the monarchs of tiny kingdoms. Airport cops, grocery store security, and a small town City Council. These people are best avoided at all costs. 

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