It seems we’re living in the age of AI. It’s everywhere! We no longer have to rely on experts and their memories, we can simply ask AI for a solution. That’s great, as long as the solution is the correct one. I’ve had a toothache for over a week. It…
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Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles – My current anime series
Since I subscribed to Crunchyroll after the 60 day trial from Sony, I’ve finally settled on one series that seems to have everything I’m looking for in anime. The story is interesting, characters are as well. I’m still not in love with the silly female voices but maybe that’s something…
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Sakiori – Rescuing kimono from the trash heap
These mornings my ‘first coffee of the day’ time is spent with the NHK series, ‘Zero Waste Life’. Each episode is about 15 minutes long and each one focuses on some aspect of reusing/recycling items that would normally be tossed in the trash. In the West, we’re constantly faced with…
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Good Government 250 Years Ago? Who knew? – Child allowances, social security for seniors and more, thanks to Uesugi Harunori
Pretty much everything I know about Japan comes from watching NHK World, the free streaming service sponsored by the Japanese government. While I’d love to go there, I’m probably too old. I wouldn’t want to go alone, that’s for sure and I really don’t like flying. So I’m stuck watching…
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Everything and Nothing at All, Really – Just the state of things right now
It’s COLD in Toronto and will only get colder for at least the next week. The thermometer won’t creep above 0 C. and will go down to -11 C. most nights. So it’s ‘stay in the igloo’ time here. No matter what the weather I’ll walk outside every day. That’s…
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Anime – What’s with the female voices?
Fresh from subscribing to Crunchyroll, I find myself wondering why every female character voice actor uses a cutesy, young teen or pre-teen voice. The male voice actors seem normal and the dubbed English female voices are as well. I have subtitles turned on with the original audio in Japanese. Every…
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Iceland’s World Record – 1 in 10 Icelanders have published books
Who knew? I didn’t. This post turned up this morning on Mastodon. Iceland has more published writers per capita than any other country in the world, according to Guinness. With a population of 300,000, that works out to at least 30,000 writers who have published at least one book. Incredible!…
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Happy New Year! – Almost…
It’s New Year’s Eve today and I’ll spend an hour or so adding tags to my previous posts. Tags help steer people towards my site. There’s no advertising on this site and never will be but part of the reason why I write is to share information on things that…
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So Far, So Good – A roundup of what we’ve discovered.
Here is a list of reasons why journaling/blogging is beneficial for seniors. (Even if you’re not a senior, many of these may apply to you.) Sense of Purpose – Writing out your unique memories will give you a very real sense of purpose. You’re not empty, you’re a source of…
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NHK 72 Hours – There’s a story in every episode
NHK is the national broadcaster in Japan, similar to Canada’s CBC, England’s BBCs and ABC in Australia. The similarity is only in the acronym, however. NHK is head and shoulders above any of these networks, at least in my opinion. Every show or series that I watch gives me another…