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• Post #4457396

  (Still alive but pondering whether to stay on Mastodon)

• Post #2121768

  If you make it to your 80s like me, when you look back on your life and the things that made it special, not one of those things will be the sports you watched, no matter how much (needless) anguish they are causing you today.

• Post #2121767

  I ran into a neighbor, around 50, out walking his dog this afternoon. After the usual greetings, I asked him about the recent visit to his house by the police (Yeah, I'm that kind of a conversationalist); and he replied, "My wife got out and had to be brought back," which is about what I had expected. His wife has early-onset dementia and has been known to wander far away from home, despite the presence of a home helper. He does all he can for her but has a really tough...

• Post #2121766

  My friends know I have a long-time love of Croissants aux amandes. I have sourced them from all over Tokyo, and now have a new favorite, a rather large and sumptuously rich one from bricolage bread & co. Their main shop is in Roppongi, but they also sell from a shop in Tokyu's Food Show in Shibuya (shibuchika). https://bricolagebread.com

• Post #2121765

  Say what you will about Facebook, and I'll nod in basic agreement. But if I didn't follow my niece there, I wouldn't get regular updates on my kid brother, who is in hospice care. Also, I got more than 600 Likes on a couple of old photos I posted there. For us ordinary non-influencers, engagement is just on a different scale from other social media I use.

• Post #2121764

  The hottest places in Japan today 順位 地点名 気温 時刻 1 練馬（東京都） 30.5℃ 12:10 2 甲府（山梨県） 30.4℃ 12:15 3 八王子（東京都） 30.1℃ 14:25 4 大月（山梨県） 29.7℃ 12:09 5 上里見（群馬県） 29.6℃ 12:02 6 前橋（群馬県） 29.5℃ 13:09 6 さいたま（埼玉県）29.5℃ 12:48 8 越谷（埼玉県） 29.4℃ 12:46 9 所沢（埼玉県） 29.3℃ 13:55 9 南部（山梨県） 29.3℃ 13:17 11 韮崎（山梨県） 29.1℃ 14:11 11 鹿嶋（茨城県） 29.1℃ 14:06 13 伊勢崎（群馬県）29.0℃ 14:22

• Post #2121762

  Young NHK announcer, getting his chance during the holidays: "The last segment ended early and I'm supposed to say something to fill in the remaining time, but I can't think of anything interesting to say. Deepest apologies." This could either be his moment of fame or his demise, depending on the public reaction.

• Post #2121760

  Today, the last day of the Golden Week holidays, was a day of great gains. The kind of gains that can be measured on a scale, and that come from eating Italian-style food sourced from five shops in three Shinjuku department stores, topped off by Famima sweets

• Post #1808810

  With coffee so expensive these days, I may have to rob a beans shop. I'll wear a mask, sunglasses and baseball cap, go in there brandishing a hamono no yo na mono, and in katakoto eigo say, "Give me mame!"

• Post #1808808

  A miso shop in Kichijoji, which closed a couple of decades or so ago. The owner, like many who used to live upstairs from their shop, could no longer tolerate the increasing liveliness as surrounding establishments stayed open later into the night.

• Post #1808807

  I was listening to some absolutely beautiful music, totally enraptured. Wanting to know who was singing, I Googled the lyrics, "Sitting in blood-choked rows," and discovered it was a large black female singer. Then someone interviewed her and got some brutally frank responses, but still said he really loved her. After waking, I again looked up those lyrics and got nothing. Dreams are like that.

• Post #1808806

  "A close reading of the Justice Department’s charges Monday afternoon against 31-year-old Cole Allen hints that he didn’t fire any weapon at all. In fact, it’s not clear from what we know that this was a “shooting” at all." https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/is-the-justice-department-lying-about-saturday-s-shooting

• Post #1808805

  【衝撃】韓国人「日本のケンタッキーまっず！ファミチキの方がマシ」 http://blog.livedoor.jp/kinisoku/archives/5675207.html

• Post #1808799

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch/116490626465762309 Japan's carriers nonetheless are pushing it like it's the next big thing

• Post #972241

  Now that the cherry blossom season is winding down, allow me to share a favorite photo from a few years back. I love how this tree, despite being old and bent over, still manages to blossom beautifully. An inspiration for older folks like me. (Location: Inokashira Park, Tokyo)

• Post #928334

  Around 15 years ago, we were given an Asahiyama Sakura bonsai. It got broken when we moved a year later, so my wife planted it in a corner of our garden. The second photo is how it looked today before all the rain.

• Post #915354

  What have you personally found to be the greatest experience in life?

• Post #875211

  What's your favo(u)rite of these tropical fruits?