by Paul Ogata | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog
Allow me to tell you about the racist Qantas Airways flight I just took. Fifteen hours is a long time to be wedged into the iron maiden known as a modern airplane economy-class seat. That’s how long it takes to fly from Los Angeles to Australia, where I’m...
by Paul Ogata | May 17, 2014 | Blog
In a previous life, I did morning radio. This generally involved sitting in a very small room for several hours everyday. As a contrast, it seems that a lot of my job as a comedian involves traveling. Sometimes to locations very near, sometimes to far away places. But...
by Paul Ogata | Apr 22, 2014 | Blog
With all the money that China seems to have at its disposal, it is curious that the menus there are screwed up. Badly. Consider this post an official offer to provide my services for menu translation. Fortunately, until China hires me to rectify the situation, their...
by Paul Ogata | Dec 27, 2012 | Blog
Just like last year, I’m sitting down at the end of the year to figure out travel expenses for tax purposes. As you know, I’m a huge, lifelong Batman fan. So this time, I wanted to see how I would stack up against The Dark Knight himself. According to...
by Paul Ogata | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog
The largest city in the world, Shanghai, has long been the point where East meets West, where old meets new. Shanghai’s fabulous skyline, dominated by shimmering towers of crazy shapes, seems almost mandated to be as such. The government probably penalizes...
