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Soba takeout from local spot for lunch. Hoping to one day eat soba with Yoshimasa Niwa again

Every time I see this ad The Leftovers opening plays in my head

Always jarring when you VPN in and the trends change from relatively chill Japanese ones to bizarro American trends like "#cocaine"

Had them in Japan earlier this year; fun change-up, but Wendy's or Popeye's is still vastly better

Friday

Mike saved me many times and was even the one non-i18n employee to come to my Korean Monster Movie night to celebrate the launch of Twitter in Korean. He’ll be missed.

Friday

Been way too long since I wrote any code, but had fun putting together a bot to notify me of Tokyo’s daily case count. (They’re announced everyday at 15:00.)

Me buying the iPhone 12 Pro instead of the mini is like me buying an F-350 pickup instead of the hybrid BMW 3 series I always wanted because I might need to haul equipment at my non-existent ranch

Never was the type to want to return to childhood, but there’s something to be said for night before Christmas vs night before election difficulty sleeping

Dinner last night: BLT and champagne (It’s a legit pairing: creamy yet crisp champagne complements the bacon’s richness)

Ten years ago, at 2:46 JST, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan’s northeastern coast, causing a tsunami that killed roughly 18,000 people and a meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the worst since Chernobyl. #RememberingMarch11 jtim.es/KBG150DVPEV

Folks older than me will tell me I’m still young, but as someone old enough to be “the old guy in the club” Slack is the first piece of technology that’s made me feel old

It’s good to be back.

At that awkward stage in life between receiving emails touting the new “ravishing” olive oil that just came in and not yet given in to owning khakis

Sunday afternoon espresso machine restoration

Coffee break. Testing new glasses with espresso.