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• Post #1109747

  Happy day-of-critically-evaluating-stuff-on-the-internet to those who celebrate.

• Post #289477

  Will Houston listen to anyone's problems or just their astronauts'?

• Post #289476

  Do we have a neologism for the tariffs yet? Traddytaffs or similar?

• Post #289475

  If you like light and fruity Swiss reds, and getting caught in the rain I can recommend Zurich.

• Post #289474

  Absurd that I mostly find out what's going on in my own house by following @Edent on here.

• Post #289473

  Getting to age 97 when *Space* wanted you dead is impressive.

• Post #289472

  Not sure what the intersection is on fans of 2005's Pride & Prejudice and the latest Jurassic Park 20 years later (!) But I choose to see Rubert Friend murmuring "Miss Bennett" as an Easter Egg

• Post #289471

  Bitwarden keeps asking me if I want to save my Kanji practice as a new password.

• Post #289470

  "Humans love asking each other where they are from, as if that changes who they are." Bit of geopolitical commentary there from Duolingo.

• Post #289469

  Recreated Spargelzeit with some out-of-season (but still delicious) asparagus and a plant-based Schnitzel which was much nicer than the one we had at a disappointing vegan restaurant in Vienna. Added a honey/mustard/lemon dressing and [Chef's kiss]

• Post #289468

  I'm half a bottle of malbec down and trying to reach the top spot of the Duolingo Diamond Tournament in Japanese. This is fine, right?

• Post #289467

  Tokyo has an all you can drink sake tasting bar and I have enjoyed this profusely.

• Post #289466

  Methods of preservation: Pickling - we make the environment too acidic for rot. Salting - we make the environment too salty for rot. Drying - we make the environment too dehydrated for rot. Freezing - we make the environment too cold for rot. Fermentation - we embrace the rot.

• Post #289465

  I won't pretend Tom Stoppard was my favourite playwright, but I've had quite a few formative experiences directly related to his writing. What a legacy he leaves (meaning his entire body of work, not just my formative experiences.)

• Post #289464

  A year ago today I walked away from a 15 year career in HE to take a turn prioritising my own wellbeing (instead of that of countless students and colleagues). Today I celebrated the end of 2 weeks in Japan with Kobe beef and sake in Osaka, and I am now on my way to the airport to fly to Sydney. A year ago I was exhausted, broken and yet still vaguely wondering if I'd done the right thing. Today, I am, quite simply, happy.

• Post #289463

  Things I am missing about Japan: Plenty of time to cross the road on a green man Built-in bidets on every public toilet Things I am enjoying having left Japan: Bins on the street so I don't have to carry rubbish around. Paper towels in public toilets

• Post #289462

  It's been a very silly year. 20 countries, 4 continents, many beers, 1 glorious husband: @Edent

• Post #289461

  Many happy returns to everyone who has, for security purposes, given 1st January as their birthday when registering for online services.

• Post #289460

  Happy anniversary @Edent Our marriage is now old enough to vote!