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My car has decided to retaliate for weeks of neglect. I have been quite diligent in adhering to a "drive the car no more than once a week" policy, and apparently my car didn't like that idea. In other words, my car now stalls at the drop of a dime. I found this out today after having...
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Recently I have instituted a weekly budget. My allowance is 5000 yen a week. Any out of pocket expenses must come from this fund, and I am not allowing myself to exceed it at this point in time for any circumstances. By out of pocket expenses, I mean, for example, food electricity...
Next on the chopping block is water. Luckily at this point in time, I don'T have to make much of a sacrifice to save money in this area, for I happen to have had a suspicious toilet. Oh, yes, I've suspected this toilet of mine for some time now. It sure seemed to always sound like it was...
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The other day I decided to figure out how much the cost of LP gas fluctuates over time, so I started to calculate the unit price of LP gas per cubic meter. I saw something interesting. The price of LP gas fluctuated directly proportionally to the amount of gas I used every month...
Today I discovered something truly amazing. It all started with a notice I got from the LP gas company last week. It said that gas prices will rise by 30 yen per cubic meter. That got me to thinking about ways I could reduce gas use. I could only come up with two things that I use gas for...
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https://livejamie.com/post/42660226/im-going-to-hell-for-laughing-at-this-video-join This is unbelievably funny for anyone who used to watch Sesame Street as a kid!
Lately I've been wondering whether I could give up my car or not. I figure it costs me at least 200,000 yen a year pretty much just to have, and that money might be better spent (saved) elsewhere. I mean what do I really use my car for, anyway? To get to work and back....well, I could do...
With my push to save money, I've made some interesting discoveries. Until recently, I have been using at minimum 121.45 Watts of electricity every moment of every day. The breakdown is as follows: refrigerator: 76W denki pot: 33W FAX/Telephone: 5.2 W Internet Hub: 3.55W TV (turned...
So lately I've been trying to save up more money. I have my lovely wife to thank for that, as she has told me that I really ought to save more. So I have been making some cuts. No longer do I drive with the air conditioning on, to save on gas. Starting tomorrow, I am going to try to...
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I've had reason to be down for the past couple of weeks, and I have to say that the single biggest source of support that I have gotten has been from none other than George Carlin. Yes, that George Carlin. I do not mean to diminish the support that I have received from friends, but thanks...
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I have seen the movie "First Blood" for the first time since the 80's. It's just as good I as I remembered. Even better, because I realized for the first time that it was not just an action movie, but it actually has a much deeper meaning. Incidentally, it was based on the book "First Blood"...
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親を亡くすと過去をなくす。 兄弟を亡くすと現在をなくす。 子を亡くすと将来を失う。 そして友を亡くすと自分の一部をなくす。 今日、通夜で一番心に残ったことばです。
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Just recently, I saw the 1992 movie "Ed Wood" for the first time. Until then, I honestly had no idea who Ed Wood was, and now that I've seen the movie, all I can say is that if he really did put his heart and soul in his movies like he is portrayed to have done in the movie I saw, as bad as his...
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Today, once again, I prepared for my impending move. (Also, I've been drinking a little, so this may or may not get a little surreal). Today I primarily focused on the windows. By which I mean the windows and screens. It's been a while since I last cleaned the screens, so that was quite an...
(As written on May 6th) Yes, I shall be moving soon. Therefore, I have been spending my Golden Week getting ready for the big move. (Yes, I know it was supposed to be my honeymoon, but that's another story. Needless to say the honeymoon will be done at a later time, when everyone else in...
Yes, I'm a married man now. Married life is...interesting. Decisions are much more fluid than I imagined. Deciding an "A" today doesn't preclude the possibilty of changing that to "B" tomorrow. Of course on the next day, all bets are out the window. I thought that when you're married...
I would not say that I grew up in a culture of coffee, but it certainly has been around me all my life. When I was young, and continuing to this day, my parents drank coffee in the morning for breakfast every day. (They used a perculator to brew it, which probably means nothing to anyone, but...
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Last week I won a Wii at a party. I finally got a chance to use yesterday for the first time, and it was fun! The controller takes a little getting used to, but I can certainly see why it's so popular.
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We talked it over a lot the past couple of days, and we've narrowed our options quite considerably. Our current plan is as follows: Move in together in May. On a Daian day in May get married, possibly the twelfth. Drive around Shikoku for part one of our honeymoon. Part two of the...

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