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We are home.
We made it back home safely, and I recommend that every parent try a 20-30 hour journey by planes just for kicks. Our trip was extended by nearly a week when Mina caught roseola or something similar that left her dotted for a while; Korean Air extended our tickets for free and we took the opportunity to visit Mika and Adam up in Monterey/Pacific Grove/Seaside. Details will probably follow in some fashion. To everybody – family, friends, and even random strangers – who made our trip possible and enjoyable, thank you. It meant a lot to be able to expose the kids to all of you and yours. // Meanwhile,…
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Suggested soundtrack for the book Yakuza Moon
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Updated Saying for Generation Facebook #1
If you don’t have anything nice to say (besides how many pretend associates you’ve whacked in your virtual crime syndicate or how many ethereal planks and nails you need to complete an imaginary stable), don’t say anything at all.
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Return delayed?
Mina has broken out in red dots all over her face and back… Roseola? Fifth disease? Measles? Going back on the 27th does not look good – there’s no way they’ll let her through looking like this. More later. ———– Who knows how this will turn out. Sometimes you just have to relinquish control and let things be how they be. You know, just let it flow. Like this:
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iBaby
I used to be an apple weenie, but then I decided to live in the third world, and as we all know, apple doesn’t care about poor people. So it’s been a revelation visiting home and using my sister’s iPhone for a week when she was on a cruise, and to a lesser extent, my mom’s MacBook to aggregate photos and video from several different sources. The iPhone was pretty cool and three killer apps for me were Google Maps (although I tried the Android version on my cousin’s phone and it was even better), Gmail, and a Mafia Wars-type world war game that I got addicted to in a…
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Play it faster, play it faster!!
Talking to my dad’s older sister today, I learned something very important. My father has the only western name (as opposed to Japanese) among all his siblings because his oldest sister named him after a popular actor at the time, Dave O’Brien (real name David Poole Fronabarger). The other thing of great importance is that Dave O’Brien had a memorable role in Reefer Madness. That is all.
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Having fun
We didn’t even bring a camera, but everyone around us is taking photos so I’ll gather them all together just before we leave. Anyways, that’s one reason I’m not posting photos.
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Yub Nub – Pwning interspecies relations since 1983
You need to watch this video for your life to be complete. Really. Via my bro. BONUS: A subtitled barbershop quartet rendition, if you’re into that sort of thing UPDATE: If you’re nerd enough to have come this far, you deserve a top shelf link: Total Recall: The Musical
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Facepunch
On FB: I’m going to sit back and laugh when karma punches you in the face
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Latest Early Child Care Research Network Findings
Day-care kids are more impulsive and take bigger risks. In other news, kids that hang around Catholic priests are more likely to be bribed with cookies.
