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Don't get me started on Black Friday... oh sure, gotta find all those sweet shopping deals so they can give their "one" present to their 1.38 children

If the Japanese ramp up on the ant-foreigner thing, then I propose we band together and take back Christmas from them. Or whatever lame-ass, Christmas-cake-reserving, bullshit they have bastardized it into.

Steve Smith has always given me an Elon Musk-hosting-SNL interview vibe. #ashes

I was just getting comfortable, living vicariously in Perth... #ashes

Gotta get in on it... it is the perfect Japan-winter-blues cure.

Well, that escalated quickly...

Well, England... let's see what this vaunted pace quintet can do...You only talked about it for the last 47 years it seems.... #ashes

Is there a word or phrase for the situation where a word you have muted in Bluesky keeps coming through because when the word appears in screenshots Bluesky can't filter the text? There should be a word for that...

Now let me get tucked in to the first Ashes test. Finishing up my coffee... Premium Malts in the fridge. A solitary man from America, living in Sapporo, watching the sport of a faded empire. Life is grand....

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai: An Introduction to the Iconic Japanese Woodblock Print in 17 Minutes When woodcut artist Katsushika Hokusai made his famous print The Great Wave off Kanagawa in 1830 -- part of the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji -- he was 70 years old and had lived his entire li...

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai: An Introduction to the Iconic Japanese Woodblock Print in 17 Minutes

Love to see it. Yesterday, I enjoyed a wonderful hike, not another soul for a few hours. That is nearly impossible on a Saturday.

Yesterday I ate at a bougie hotdog place in Sapporo that recommended we eat our "honey mustard garbanzo Greek/South African fusion" dogs out of a paper wrapper. Nope, in fact, I feel that both hamburgers and hotdogs need to always be eaten without the use of paper barriers. Hand to bun....directly

All this bear attack talk in Japan seems like a huge smokescreen. Obviously, nothing is really going on in the country....

Yeh, that's it!

Pricey... but I guess I would pay....

All this bad stuff keeps happening in the US and it got me thinking....Maybe the USA isn't "the greatest country in the world". Which is weird because Mrs. Rossiter, my first grade elementary teacher, told all of us exactly that...at least once a week. So I am a little confused.

I absolutely love this and the world needs more people like your friend. It is doable. I lived in Asia for over a decade with what was essentially a texting device and barely used even that function. Life finds a way...

I'm talking about 80 year old Japanese men and women.

Common, but it looks a hot mess....

Yeh, but purple doesn't really jive with their overall ultra-conservative athletics. These folks wake up wearing their Sunday best, and aren't heading out to some avant-garde art expo, or to watch their friend's punk rock band. So looking cool? I think not...

Lots of purple haired old-folks in Japan. I assume it is hair dye going bad. A few questions:
1. Don't they care? I mean they took the time to dye it, so clearly they are self-conscious enough to notice.
2. If they don't notice it going shockingly purple, then how did they know it went gray?

Most people not living here default to KEE-YO-TO. Along with TO-KEE-YO, KA-RA-TI (the martial art), and KE-RI-OH-KI (singing).

People talk about our addiction to screens but the problem persists with older generations absolutely clockwork oranging themselves to their TVs. My 84 year old mother in-law is currently watching astro-turf ski jumping trials.

Dodgers should forfeit the game because on their trainer's haircut. Completely uncalled for.

I always get a little miffed at elderly who say the secret to their longevity is continuing to work. More like, the culture of work has brainwashed you for decades and you never took the time to engage in a legitimate hobby outside of your job. It must be some kinda of capitalist propaganda.

Now I get to explain to a 80 year old about sexy nurse costumes and drinking in the street bans.

Oh! It's the annual "Do they do Halloween in Japan" question-a-thon from my family back in the US. This is the 20th year running!

Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire

Everyone all set? Got your candy ready? It's gonna be a long night...that doorbell will be constantly ringing! But wait, I live in Asia..... Zero children will be knocking on my door.