Month: November 2018

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Imo Party

Yesterday, Zachary’s 2nd grade class had an “imo party”.  When I told Michael about it 2 weeks ago, he felt it was much too young for the kids to turn “imo”, and wouldn’t these kids reject a party that celebrates being “imo”?  Zachary explained that an “imo” is a potato, much to Michael’s relief. Earlier […]

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Mission: Get a Hanshin Tigers hat

So, Lori and the kids are in Seattle, and I am on my own.  Time for an adventure!  Since we moved here without bringing a lot of stuff (just two suitcases each), we have more winter clothes in bins at the old house in Seattle – Lori and the boys made the trek back to […]

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Universal Studios Japan (On Halloween)

So far my take on Halloween in Japan is: Put up posters for Halloween, generate hype Move products, sell sell sell! Rip posters down at precisely 11PM Oct. 31st and back to BAU; replace with Christmas advertisements. I’m really lucky; the team I’m on in Osaka is mostly English speaking, and very social, and they […]

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