Life

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

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