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What’s the Point: Sees Candy Nutritional Information
A little splurge, a pound of Sees candy, some good noms. While I am eating some delightful milk chocolate covered toffee, I noticed that there is a little pamphlet. Thinking it might be a guide to the luscious treats that are enrobed in divine milk chocolate, I was disappointed. It is a pamphlet of the…
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Painful Pride – Car Washing
One thing I do miss about living in Arizona is that there weren’t water restrictions, and I could weekly wash my car. I take pride in my S2000, and kept it pretty immaculate, washing it every week, waxing it every 6 weeks or so, and twice a year polishing the paint. Now that I live…
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Netflix Addiction – NCIS
I guess that my binging on detective and drama series makes me an easy mark, so a few weeks ago, after finishing the 3 seasons of “Death in Paradise“, Netflix offered up NCIS. Why not. Broadcast TV, so there is some, ah, tameness that I usually don’t see, and that adds to the charm. I…
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Travel Log – Stardate 21.378 – Jet Lag
Having been on an international travel hiatus, I had almost forgotten about the joys of Jet Lag. Boy, what a laugh riot. Crossing many timezones wreaks havoc on the circadian clock. On both ends. There is the initial adjustment when you start the trip, and then the hammer falling when you return. Couple that with…
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Japan Strikes Back – Hirohito’s Revenge
Yesterday I flew back from a 10 day business trip to Japan. It was a huge success, with great results. However the end of the trip was brutal. After two long days of training at our distributor, their senior manager took us out for dinner. A small sushi place, walking distance from their office, and…
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Coming to an end – a week in Tokyo
As a long week(plus) of travel comes to a close, it is often a time of reflection for me. Apart from counting down the number of nights remaining, planning the trek to the airport, and hoping I have enough clean clothes, I take a few moments to make sure that I write down my learnings.…
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A Lazy Sunday in Tokyo (Shibuya)
Since Saturday night was really late (for this old dog) Sunday started late. Spent the morning lounging, getting some work done, and diving into a really good H Beam Piper novel. About 1:30, my partner in crime and I headed out. His goals were: Chiyoda Park – where this group of Japanese “Greasers” (as in…
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Night out – Shinjuku
While I forgot to carry my phone last night (and with it, a camera) you will have to live with a text only post today. Perhaps my partner in crime will send me the snaps he took. If so, I will augment. Having had a brutally busy week at JASIS, Saturday started a bit stressful.…
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Tokyo Files – Tower Records
As a day of rest, I took the hotel shuttle to Shinjuku station, and did some wandering, you know, so I wouldn’t miss the human interaction. Shinjuku station is the busiest train station in the world, handling about 4 million people a day during the week. It started well, as the shuttle bus makes quick…
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The Tokyo Files
“With a purposeful grimace, and a terrible sound; He pulls the spitting high tension wires down…” Been a while since I wrote, but it is Saturday morning here in Tokyo, 23rd floor of the Hilton Tokyo, and I am reflecting on a week of work travel. I am here for a trade show (JASIS), and…