Life

Too much going on, not enough time to reflect…

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Yeah, there’s just a lot going on in my life right now and not enough time to be still and reflect on it all. That’s often something blogs are good for. But of course, you have to take/make the time to blog. It’s a Catch-22 thing. So what’s all this stuff going on in my … Read more

Father’s Day

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I think today was one of the best Father’s Days I had in my 12 years of being a dad. There were no presents to speak of. Several fiscal emergencies last month squelched any hope of a present. The kids each gave me a store bought card. They were both cute. What made this Father’s … Read more

New Domain Name

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I am beginning the migration to a new domain name. homeinjapan.com would or will be a cool name if/when we live in Japan. However, we don’t seem likely to end up there any time soon. So, I went looking for a more fitting name. Some cyber-squatting company named Eurobox Ltd. is squatting on smittie.com. Cyber-squatting … Read more

Kimo’s Rules

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I bought quite a few t-shirts while we were in Hawai`i. My favorite is one on the back of which is written ‘Kimo’s Kaua`i Rules’. As printed on the back of the shirt the rules look like this: Kimo’s Kauai Rules Never judge a day by the weather The best things in life aren’t things … Read more

The M.T.A. Song

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When I was a child my mother taught me some rather fun songs. She remembered a time before Television and MTV when families gathered in the Parlor and entertained themselves through interaction with each other. But that’s a different rant. One of the songs my mom taught me one day as we were driving to … Read more

Whoa!

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This tops my “wow, that’s gross” list. Aloha

An Epiphanic Moment

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zmittie (10:46:18): Joey’s site inspires me to put more content on mine but damn it takes a lot of time to do the content right. cls (10:46:27): YEs, yes it does. cls (10:46:44): That’s what I have so much half done content on my local machine and crap on my site. zmittie (10:46:50): I’d like … Read more

15 Minutes of Fame

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I got linked!! I got linked!! This is so cool. I got linked! And by somebody famous too!! I mean, like, I don’t wanna get all gushy but this is pretty exciting day for me. OK, so here’s the details. My new best friend Joey had this incredible, hair color-changing experience (before/after) that’s currently all … Read more

Korea

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Just back from two weeks in Korea. It was a lot of long hours and hard work. 18 to 20 hours most days. Being in Korea made me long to live in Japan again. Korea is very similar to Japan. I had a couple of occasions to work with the Koreans. They too remind me … Read more