I spend so much time thinking I need the perfect subject to post about I never get around the posting anymore. Yes, I’m still around. So…today, I say “fuck it”. I’ll just post about any damn thing I want to today. Perhaps someone out there in web-land will find something entertaining to think about this fine Friday. Work I...
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This kid is growing fast. I celebrate the fact he’s finally old enough to take care of things by himself for the most part. He’ll brush his own teeth (if you call a quick 2-second light touching of teeth “brushing”), he’ll dress himself (despite occasionally having his shirt on backwards), and he can go the distance all night...
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It’s been about 1 full week since returning from our Japan trip. I think we’ve only just felt like we’ve fully recovered from the experience — I think I’m adjusted, but still feel somewhat sleepy all the time. My wife somehow picked up some kind of cough after the trip (We were told it was common for people returning from...
Read MoreTrip research time!
We’re a few weeks away from our “big trip” of the year. Destination? Japan. It’s a mixed bag for me, I had my heart set on visiting my brother this year in Australia, but Japan has always been on my bucket list. As fate would have it, a strong dollar and an agreeable wife who says we can afford this trip basically decided our fate....
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It’s that time of the year again when Facebook does this tiny viral app thingy again that displays “Raphael’s Year”. Like I needed a reminder another year is up? It was rather innocuous…it didn’t show anything particularly harmful or crazy this year. Which got me thinking I wasted the entire year doing nothing...
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Helllooooo strangers? Are you still there? Really I can’t imagine that there’d be anyone that would be out there reading this ‘ol blog anymore. Then again I can’t imagine that personal blogs like this are even read at all anymore. All the ones save for the really giant blogs I read are all but given up these days. I guess I can...
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