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Dear Diary – April 30, 1999
All we are, is passages, avenues through which other people travel. We are each others’ byways, highways, continuously passing through each others’ lives. Passengers, drivers, hitchhikers all.
Billions and billions of wasted dollars’ worth of samples…
NASA’s plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life. https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/nasas-mars-sample-return-is-dead-leaving-china-to-retrieve-signs-of-life-from-the-red-planet Congratulations, America. You’ve managed to give Mars to China. But do tell me how this makes America great again… …and just […]
Holy smokes, how many months??
Um. Yeah. Like, I’ve, uh, never done this before… Back with more science, space, and etc. posts soon!
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Category Archives: hobbies
O-shougatsu
New Year’s lasts one night of drinks and one day of college football in the US, but in Japan the holidays lasts for three days. Actually, for many the New Year’s holidays start on December 29th, giving the typical worker a … Continue reading
Posted in eating, entertainment, family outings, festivals, food, hobbies, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, parenting
Tagged child-raising, hatsumode, Japan, Japanese, Japanese holidays, kohaku, shogatsu
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On the Pond
This past Sunday, my wife, daughter, and I joined in an outdoor barbecue at a prefectural park originally built for a Japanese emperor. Sounds impressive, I guess…Taisho Tenno wasn’t a particularly long-lived emperor by modern standards, and was in poor … Continue reading
Posted in family outings, hobbies, parenting, trips
Tagged child-raising, family leave, fatherhood, haafu, half-Japanese, Japan, Japanese, parental leave, parenting, Paternity leave, Shorinji Kempo
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