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Best of the Best: MMAmania.com’s UFC/MMA week in review – Alex Pereira shuts down possible trilogy

Welcome to “This Week in MMAmania.com,” Maniacs! As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories…
#NewsBeep #News #MMA #AlexPereira #AU #Australia #Fighting #KendrickLamar #MMAMania #NocheUFC #sports #theweek #TyronWoodley #week
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/145891/

[11:11] Five arrested over abduction, torture of man in Dublin

Gardaí investigating an organised crime group in west Dublin have arrested five men following the abduction and torture of another man during the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0215/1496946-west-dublin/

#Dublin #five #theweek

[11:11] Five arrested over abduction, torture of man in Dublin

Gardaí investigating an organised crime group in west Dublin have arrested five men following the abduction and torture of another man during the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0215/1496946-west-dublin/

#Dublin #five #theweek

[11:11] Five arrested over abduction, torture of man in Dublin

Gardaí investigating an organised crime group in west Dublin have arrested five men following the abduction and torture of another man during the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0215/1496946-west-dublin/

#Dublin #five #theweek

[11:11] Five arrested over abduction, torture of man in Dublin

Gardaí investigating an organised crime group in west Dublin have arrested five men following the abduction and torture of another man during the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2025/0215/1496946-west-dublin/

#Dublin #five #theweek

[01:01] Cabinet to hear of plans for St Patrick's Day visit to US

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and eight ministers will travel to the US during the week of St Patrick's Day, under plans Mr Harris will bring to the Cabinet today.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0212/1496196-cabinet-us-visits/

#MicheálMartin #TánaisteSimonHarris #eight #US #theweek #StPatrick's #Harris #Cabinet #today

[01:01] Cabinet to hear of plans for St Patrick's Day visit to US

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and eight ministers will travel to the US during the week of St Patrick's Day, under plans Mr Harris will bring to the Cabinet today.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0212/1496196-cabinet-us-visits/

#MicheálMartin #TánaisteSimonHarris #eight #US #theweek #StPatrick's #Harris #Cabinet #today

[01:01] Cabinet to hear of plans for St Patrick's Day visit to US

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and eight ministers will travel to the US during the week of St Patrick's Day, under plans Mr Harris will bring to the Cabinet today.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0212/1496196-cabinet-us-visits/

#MicheálMartin #TánaisteSimonHarris #eight #US #theweek #StPatrick's #Harris #Cabinet #today

[01:01] Cabinet to hear of plans for St Patrick's Day visit to US

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Tánaiste Simon Harris and eight ministers will travel to the US during the week of St Patrick's Day, under plans Mr Harris will bring to the Cabinet today.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0212/1496196-cabinet-us-visits/

#MicheálMartin #TánaisteSimonHarris #eight #US #theweek #StPatrick's #Harris #Cabinet #today

[12:16] Storm Éowyn: 340,000 still without power, more wet and windy weather hits Ireland as Storm Herminia lands in Europe

Clean-up and recovery efforts after Storm Éowyn will continue today and into the early part of the week, with hundreds of thousands of people still without basic utilities.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storm-eowyn-340000-still-without-power-more-wet-and-windy-weather-hits-ireland-as-storm-herminia-lands-in-europe/a1205920424.html

#StormÉowyn #today #theweek #hundredsofthousands

[17:37] Indo Sport podcast: Bits & Bobs: Sol Campbell’s trolling | Ireland’s Six Nations squad announced | Snooker’s mental toll

Joe, Ronan and Will team up for the first Bits & Bobs of the week, where the team break down Ireland’s Six Nations squad, react to news that Tom McKibbin may be headed to LIV Golf, and discuss Ronnie O’Sullivan’s recent comments on the mental health of snooker stars.

https://www.independent.ie/podcasts/indo-sport-podcast/indo-sport-podcast-bits-and-bobs-sol-campbells-trolling-irelands-six-nations-squad-announced-snookers-mental-toll/a2104874950.html

#Joe #Ronan #first #theweek #Ireland #Six #TomMcKibbin #LIVGolf #Ronnie

[08:12] Thousands face third day without water, power

Follow latest weather updates, as Met Éireann says "extremely cold" conditions will last into the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0107/1489424-weather-latest/

#Éireann #theweek

[08:12] Thousands face third day without water, power

Follow latest weather updates, as Met Éireann says "extremely cold" conditions will last into the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0107/1489424-weather-latest/

#Éireann #theweek

[08:12] Thousands face third day without water, power

Follow latest weather updates, as Met Éireann says "extremely cold" conditions will last into the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0107/1489424-weather-latest/

#Éireann #theweek

[08:12] Thousands face third day without water, power

Follow latest weather updates, as Met Éireann says "extremely cold" conditions will last into the week.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0107/1489424-weather-latest/

#Éireann #theweek

Anybody who has followed me at any great length, even on what was Twitter, knows I'm a fan of #KPop. I've decided to write a post about it as the result of watching #CNN 's #TheWholeStory whose focus was mainly an American man in S. Korea training teen girls for an idol group. Anybody besides me notice that there's never any mixed gender groups?

...and then I revisited an old issue of #TheWeek from last October which did did a small article about "emotional refugees" from S. Korea, titled "Why our youth are fleeing our country" (p.15, October 11 issue). It's easy for fans on this side of the globe to mistake KPop for what's going on in pop culture on that side of the globe, but taking this article together with the CNN report, which also reported that plastic surgery for girls is common, routine over there--the deal boils down to high competition and resulting burn-out. After working for Motorola Semiconductor Sector where competition ruled, I sure as hell can relate to that kind of environment.

I'm convinced that KPop is awesome because of the competition, I'll admit to that much, but I'll also say that it's a cash cow that is on an unsustainable track in the longer view. Over here, Psy was a one-hit wonder. Then BTS caught our eye and then vanished. What's unsustainable is the requirement that performers have to be teenagers. Boy bands break up when they reach the age of military service and girl bands that age out have to make way for the next batch of teen idol bands, and there's been signs that bulimia has started to surface in the industry's weight requirements designed to enforce an age limit--the girls that age out can't stop normal growth but go bulimic because they try and keep trying.

Blackpink in particular has found stellar success as a girl band but has grown into its own recording brand, and that's fine as far as that goes, but are they training more teens, which in turn age out then start their own training company to train more...
There's a term on this side of the globe for this sort of thing and that's "saturated market", and it's an all-girl-band market. Many apply, few are chosen, and if this all there is, you can't blame a girl for having the opinion that S. Korea is a place to escape from, like the article write-up said.

Paging @wlf_warren

Anybody who has followed me at any great length, even on what was Twitter, knows I'm a fan of #KPop. I've decided to write a post about it as the result of watching #CNN 's #TheWholeStory whose focus was mainly an American man in S. Korea training teen girls for an idol group. Anybody besides me notice that there's never any mixed gender groups?

...and then I revisited an old issue of #TheWeek from last October which did did a small article about "emotional refugees" from S. Korea, titled "Why our youth are fleeing our country" (p.15, October 11 issue). It's easy for fans on this side of the globe to mistake KPop for what's going on in pop culture on that side of the globe, but taking this article together with the CNN report, which also reported that plastic surgery for girls is common, routine over there--the deal boils down to high competition and resulting burn-out. After working for Motorola Semiconductor Sector where competition ruled, I sure as hell can relate to that kind of environment.

I'm convinced that KPop is awesome because of the competition, I'll admit to that much, but I'll also say that it's a cash cow that is on an unsustainable track in the longer view. Over here, Psy was a one-hit wonder. Then BTS caught our eye and then vanished. What's unsustainable is the requirement that performers have to be teenagers. Boy bands break up when they reach the age of military service and girl bands that age out have to make way for the next batch of teen idol bands, and there's been signs that bulimia has started to surface in the industry's weight requirements designed to enforce an age limit--the girls that age out can't stop normal growth but go bulimic because they try and keep trying.

Blackpink in particular has found stellar success as a girl band but has grown into its own recording brand, and that's fine as far as that goes, but are they training more teens, which in turn age out then start their own training company to train more...
There's a term on this side of the globe for this sort of thing and that's "saturated market", and it's an all-girl-band market. Many apply, few are chosen, and if this all there is, you can't blame a girl for having the opinion that S. Korea is a place to escape from, like the article write-up said.

Paging @wlf_warren

Anybody who has followed me at any great length, even on what was Twitter, knows I'm a fan of #KPop. I've decided to write a post about it as the result of watching #CNN 's #TheWholeStory whose focus was mainly an American man in S. Korea training teen girls for an idol group. Anybody besides me notice that there's never any mixed gender groups?

...and then I revisited an old issue of #TheWeek from last October which did did a small article about "emotional refugees" from S. Korea, titled "Why our youth are fleeing our country" (p.15, October 11 issue). It's easy for fans on this side of the globe to mistake KPop for what's going on in pop culture on that side of the globe, but taking this article together with the CNN report, which also reported that plastic surgery for girls is common, routine over there--the deal boils down to high competition and resulting burn-out. After working for Motorola Semiconductor Sector where competition ruled, I sure as hell can relate to that kind of environment.

I'm convinced that KPop is awesome because of the competition, I'll admit to that much, but I'll also say that it's a cash cow that is on an unsustainable track in the longer view. Over here, Psy was a one-hit wonder. Then BTS caught our eye and then vanished. What's unsustainable is the requirement that performers have to be teenagers. Boy bands break up when they reach the age of military service and girl bands that age out have to make way for the next batch of teen idol bands, and there's been signs that bulimia has started to surface in the industry's weight requirements designed to enforce an age limit--the girls that age out can't stop normal growth but go bulimic because they try and keep trying.

Blackpink in particular has found stellar success as a girl band but has grown into its own recording brand, and that's fine as far as that goes, but are they training more teens, which in turn age out then start their own training company to train more...
There's a term on this side of the globe for this sort of thing and that's "saturated market", and it's an all-girl-band market. Many apply, few are chosen, and if this all there is, you can't blame a girl for having the opinion that S. Korea is a place to escape from, like the article write-up said.

Paging @wlf_warren

Anybody who has followed me at any great length, even on what was Twitter, knows I'm a fan of #KPop. I've decided to write a post about it as the result of watching #CNN 's #TheWholeStory whose focus was mainly an American man in S. Korea training teen girls for an idol group. Anybody besides me notice that there's never any mixed gender groups?

...and then I revisited an old issue of #TheWeek from last October which did did a small article about "emotional refugees" from S. Korea, titled "Why our youth are fleeing our country" (p.15, October 11 issue). It's easy for fans on this side of the globe to mistake KPop for what's going on in pop culture on that side of the globe, but taking this article together with the CNN report, which also reported that plastic surgery for girls is common, routine over there--the deal boils down to high competition and resulting burn-out. After working for Motorola Semiconductor Sector where competition ruled, I sure as hell can relate to that kind of environment.

I'm convinced that KPop is awesome because of the competition, I'll admit to that much, but I'll also say that it's a cash cow that is on an unsustainable track in the longer view. Over here, Psy was a one-hit wonder. Then BTS caught our eye and then vanished. What's unsustainable is the requirement that performers have to be teenagers. Boy bands break up when they reach the age of military service and girl bands that age out have to make way for the next batch of teen idol bands, and there's been signs that bulimia has started to surface in the industry's weight requirements designed to enforce an age limit--the girls that age out can't stop normal growth but go bulimic because they try and keep trying.

Blackpink in particular has found stellar success as a girl band but has grown into its own recording brand, and that's fine as far as that goes, but are they training more teens, which in turn age out then start their own training company to train more...
There's a term on this side of the globe for this sort of thing and that's "saturated market", and it's an all-girl-band market. Many apply, few are chosen, and if this all there is, you can't blame a girl for having the opinion that S. Korea is a place to escape from, like the article write-up said.

Paging @wlf_warren

Anybody who has followed me at any great length, even on what was Twitter, knows I'm a fan of #KPop. I've decided to write a post about it as the result of watching #CNN 's #TheWholeStory whose focus was mainly an American man in S. Korea training teen girls for an idol group. Anybody besides me notice that there's never any mixed gender groups?

...and then I revisited an old issue of #TheWeek from last October which did did a small article about "emotional refugees" from S. Korea, titled "Why our youth are fleeing our country" (p.15, October 11 issue). It's easy for fans on this side of the globe to mistake KPop for what's going on in pop culture on that side of the globe, but taking this article together with the CNN report, which also reported that plastic surgery for girls is common, routine over there--the deal boils down to high competition and resulting burn-out. After working for Motorola Semiconductor Sector where competition ruled, I sure as hell can relate to that kind of environment.

I'm convinced that KPop is awesome because of the competition, I'll admit to that much, but I'll also say that it's a cash cow that is on an unsustainable track in the longer view. Over here, Psy was a one-hit wonder. Then BTS caught our eye and then vanished. What's unsustainable is the requirement that performers have to be teenagers. Boy bands break up when they reach the age of military service and girl bands that age out have to make way for the next batch of teen idol bands, and there's been signs that bulimia has started to surface in the industry's weight requirements designed to enforce an age limit--the girls that age out can't stop normal growth but go bulimic because they try and keep trying.

Blackpink in particular has found stellar success as a girl band but has grown into its own recording brand, and that's fine as far as that goes, but are they training more teens, which in turn age out then start their own training company to train more...
There's a term on this side of the globe for this sort of thing and that's "saturated market", and it's an all-girl-band market. Many apply, few are chosen, and if this all there is, you can't blame a girl for having the opinion that S. Korea is a place to escape from, like the article write-up said.

Paging @wlf_warren

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Losing ground

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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Losing ground

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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

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Losing ground

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Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Losing ground

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what if...
#socialmedia pages were publications

so far #twitter #x https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539375542758710
and https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539678453820198 #facebook have been parodied,

now is #mastodon​s turn.

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what if...
#socialmedia pages were publications

so far #twitter #x https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539375542758710
and https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539678453820198 #facebook have been parodied,

now is #mastodon​s turn.

#fediverse #meme #mamema #memes #scienceandnature #theweek #meta #musk #climate #mastodon

what if...
#socialmedia pages were publications

so far #twitter #x https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539375542758710
and https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539678453820198 #facebook have been parodied,

now is #mastodon​s turn.

#fediverse #meme #mamema #memes #scienceandnature #theweek #meta #musk #climate #mastodon

what if...
#socialmedia pages were publications

so far #twitter #x https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539375542758710
and https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539678453820198 #facebook have been parodied,

now is #mastodon​s turn.

#fediverse #meme #mamema #memes #scienceandnature #theweek #meta #musk #climate #mastodon

what if...
#socialmedia pages were publications

so far #twitter #x https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539375542758710
and https://det.social/@mastomememakers/113539678453820198 #facebook have been parodied,

now is #mastodon​s turn.

#fediverse #meme #mamema #memes #scienceandnature #theweek #meta #musk #climate #mastodon

Has anyone on here done the 3 vid program that is offered by the non-profit "The Week" (theweek dot ooo)?

#intentionalcommunities
#climatecrisis
#theweek

Has anyone on here done the 3 vid program that is offered by the non-profit "The Week" (theweek dot ooo)?

#intentionalcommunities
#climatecrisis
#theweek

Has anyone on here done the 3 vid program that is offered by the non-profit "The Week" (theweek dot ooo)?

#intentionalcommunities
#climatecrisis
#theweek

Has anyone on here done the 3 vid program that is offered by the non-profit "The Week" (theweek dot ooo)?

#intentionalcommunities
#climatecrisis
#theweek

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Wrecking crew

Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/

#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Wrecking crew

Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/

#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Wrecking crew

Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/

#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Wrecking crew

Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/

#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist

Introducing #TomorrowsPapersToday from: #TheWeek US

Wrecking crew

Discover more newspapers by visiting our website @ https://tscnewschannel.com/gallery/tomorrowspaperstoday/

#buyanewspaper #buyapaper #pressfreedom #journalist

[21:23] What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

Around one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky in the week following Donald Trump's election win - but what is it?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1114/1481020-bluesky/

#Aroundonemillion #Bluesky #theweek #DonaldTrump's

[21:23] What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

Around one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky in the week following Donald Trump's election win - but what is it?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1114/1481020-bluesky/

#Aroundonemillion #Bluesky #theweek #DonaldTrump's

[21:23] What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

Around one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky in the week following Donald Trump's election win - but what is it?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1114/1481020-bluesky/

#Aroundonemillion #Bluesky #theweek #DonaldTrump's

[21:23] What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

Around one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky in the week following Donald Trump's election win - but what is it?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1114/1481020-bluesky/

#Aroundonemillion #Bluesky #theweek #DonaldTrump's

[21:23] What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

Around one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky in the week following Donald Trump's election win - but what is it?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/1114/1481020-bluesky/

#Aroundonemillion #Bluesky #theweek #DonaldTrump's

[08:01] Democrats not only losing representation, but also people

Losing isn't easy. Being constantly reminded of loss can be cruel. As the world's media and political strategists departed the US capital from Washington Dulles International Airport, there were stomach-churning reminders of the week that was.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1109/1479991-us-election-analysis/

#US #WashingtonDullesInternationalAirport #theweek

[08:01] Democrats not only losing representation, but also people

Losing isn't easy. Being constantly reminded of loss can be cruel. As the world's media and political strategists departed the US capital from Washington Dulles International Airport, there were stomach-churning reminders of the week that was.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1109/1479991-us-election-analysis/

#US #WashingtonDullesInternationalAirport #theweek

[08:01] Democrats not only losing representation, but also people

Losing isn't easy. Being constantly reminded of loss can be cruel. As the world's media and political strategists departed the US capital from Washington Dulles International Airport, there were stomach-churning reminders of the week that was.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1109/1479991-us-election-analysis/

#US #WashingtonDullesInternationalAirport #theweek

Last Week Today! S2024E9

Was a busy (two) week(s) since the last one, so let’s catch up with happenings:

🎂 March 20th and 31st marks “Birthday Week” with the fam, as it’s BoyType and MonkeyGirl’s turns to celebrate getting one year older. And me and SuperWife’s time to be broke AF. BoyType wanted a miniPC for his birthday to tinker on so he combined all his loot and bought one on his own after making sure it could FortNight OK; he wanted to be able to play with his schoolmates. (Don’t tell him I was going to make sure he could play on my Xbox when he told me the first time, but this is a better way since I want him to learn to troubleshoot technology.) MonkeyGirl wanted cashola plain and simple. The big issue this time was me trying to pay lots of bills and have some cash left for our trip and then some foolishness happened that delayed me hooking her up with her gift for a few days, annoying the newly minted 11-year-old. I said, “get used to having deferred dreams for the sake of necessities, especially in this family,” which is a lesson she needs to understand as she learns how to manage money. In my own childhood, my parents were constantly using my allowance stash like a petty cash pot to cover bills and things that would come outta nowhere, so I got used to waiting well past my allowance days to “make a withdrawal;” at least until I was able to get a bank account. She’s got her own account we monitor, and a lot more scratch in it than I did when I was 11– I’m making sure it doesn’t burn a hole in her pocket now.

🎌 One of my BFFs came back home for a visit with his wife and kiddo. He’s from Atlanta, spent lots of time in Japan and both moved back at the same time in 2008. He’s still there in fact, settling down for the long haul and I had done the same until we came back in 2021 (but I’ll tell that story another day.) They wanted to know what it’s like to stay in a RV so we set BigHank up for a driveway camp for them. Other than the water pump being broken because stupid me didn’t winterize it well enough, it made a good guest house for them. So glad to see him again and catch up with everyone. Of the things I miss the most about JapanLife, kicking it with my friends is the biggest.

🤦🏾‍♂️ After our guests left, we had one day to prep for our spring break trip to Jacksonville. Thanks to the aforementioned water pump issue, we wanted to get it fixed before getting on the road, and in our haste SuperWife and I didn’t properly lock the cargo “basement” hatch. To make a long story short, our spare tire slid out of there along with a few items all just 300m up the road but by the time we noticed, of course it was gone. Who could pass up a perfectly good commercial grade tire & rim just lying on the corner of the road like that? I’ll be buying a replacement before we head on our next journey in May; until then, are there any Pick-A-Part specials for these things?

🏖 We made it to Jacksonville Beach without any troubles actually. I’ll be posting a more detailed trip report in the next few days, but here are some snaps for your consideration:

And that’s all I got, see ya next week! 👋🏾

https://starrwulfe.xyz/t/2Zr2

#theWeek

Last Week Today! S2024E9

Was a busy (two) week(s) since the last one, so let’s catch up with happenings:

🎂 March 20th and 31st marks “Birthday Week” with the fam, as it’s BoyType and MonkeyGirl’s turns to celebrate getting one year older. And me and SuperWife’s time to be broke AF. BoyType wanted a miniPC for his birthday to tinker on so he combined all his loot and bought one on his own after making sure it could FortNight OK; he wanted to be able to play with his schoolmates. (Don’t tell him I was going to make sure he could play on my Xbox when he told me the first time, but this is a better way since I want him to learn to troubleshoot technology.) MonkeyGirl wanted cashola plain and simple. The big issue this time was me trying to pay lots of bills and have some cash left for our trip and then some foolishness happened that delayed me hooking her up with her gift for a few days, annoying the newly minted 11-year-old. I said, “get used to having deferred dreams for the sake of necessities, especially in this family,” which is a lesson she needs to understand as she learns how to manage money. In my own childhood, my parents were constantly using my allowance stash like a petty cash pot to cover bills and things that would come outta nowhere, so I got used to waiting well past my allowance days to “make a withdrawal;” at least until I was able to get a bank account. She’s got her own account we monitor, and a lot more scratch in it than I did when I was 11– I’m making sure it doesn’t burn a hole in her pocket now.

🎌 One of my BFFs came back home for a visit with his wife and kiddo. He’s from Atlanta, spent lots of time in Japan and both moved back at the same time in 2008. He’s still there in fact, settling down for the long haul and I had done the same until we came back in 2021 (but I’ll tell that story another day.) They wanted to know what it’s like to stay in a RV so we set BigHank up for a driveway camp for them. Other than the water pump being broken because stupid me didn’t winterize it well enough, it made a good guest house for them. So glad to see him again and catch up with everyone. Of the things I miss the most about JapanLife, kicking it with my friends is the biggest.

🤦🏾‍♂️ After our guests left, we had one day to prep for our spring break trip to Jacksonville. Thanks to the aforementioned water pump issue, we wanted to get it fixed before getting on the road, and in our haste SuperWife and I didn’t properly lock the cargo “basement” hatch. To make a long story short, our spare tire slid out of there along with a few items all just 300m up the road but by the time we noticed, of course it was gone. Who could pass up a perfectly good commercial grade tire & rim just lying on the corner of the road like that? I’ll be buying a replacement before we head on our next journey in May; until then, are there any Pick-A-Part specials for these things?

🏖 We made it to Jacksonville Beach without any troubles actually. I’ll be posting a more detailed trip report in the next few days, but here are some snaps for your consideration:

And that’s all I got, see ya next week! 👋🏾

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Last Week Today! S2024E7

🤦‍♂️ OK, I skipped out on hella posts for this category. I know, I know… I’ll backfill them later, but I really hadn’t done much of anything noteworthy I guess so there wasn’t the motivation to post one of these… Which is not the point of course, so I’ll just shut up and get on with this installment. Just watch out for the backfills if you’re keeping up with this on the socials or RSS or email or whatever.

🩺 I had my yearly physical exam, and it went well except for the one note under intensive fasting glucose being 101mg/dL which to make a long story short, prompted my doctor to admonish me about getting enough exercise or else worry about diabetes being a thing. Other than that, I’m just as healthy as ever.

🏋️ It’s no secret that since returning Stateside from Japan, I haven’t really been getting enough exercise, walks, runs, all that jazz and have low-key been stressed and a bit depressed. I have zero motivation to go to a gym; I don’t like doing routines so much to begin with, but I really don’t like being in a room with total strangers trying to figure out how to make my body do stuff to burn fat. It literally makes me even more stressed out than just jogging/riding a bike by myself. SuperWife and I had been going to the gym together at first, but her job changed, and our schedules fell out of alignment for that; I lost my motivation about a year later and here we are. I tried going to the little gym in my area, but my job no longer subsidizes gym membership, and probably more influential, the guy that runs it keeps asking me to join a “boot camp” class. I don’t want to join shit, I don’t want to be around people, leave me the fsck alone, I’m already anxious as hell just being there. So I stopped going.

🚲️ Excuses aside, I’m just gonna go and buy myself a bike and do what I used to do overseas that kept me fit in the first place. I used to cycle all over the place. I can’t walk or take trains like I did there but I’m going to try to at least bike around here and get out more. Did you know I once went almost a whole week without leaving my house a few months ago? (Working from home has its downsides too!) I miss Japan for my social life and urban living more than anything; it kept me on the “life gym” plan where my mind and body constantly got a workout every day without effort. Just living my daily JapanLife kept me fit. Now I actually have to actively work on it. I appreciate any tips on keeping motivated and healthy from y’all out there reading this please.

🚸 Moving on, the kids are doing well. I just realized we’ll have 0 mini-mes that will be in elementary school after this school year. Little Monkey will be a middle schooler. When dafuq did my cute little simian who learned to climb up my back like a ladder and sit on my shoulders get to be on the precipice of teenagedom?

🚗 At the other end of the scale, The Big One just passed her written Drivers Exam and is now permitted. I really wasn’t ready for this one. It’s not like she’s chomping at the bit to drive (kinda opposite actually – she frequently takes our fledgling bus system around here) but it’s always good to have another driver in the family in case something happens. I wish I had the cheddar to get a hoopty for her and Boy-Type (he’ll be at a permittable age this time next year 😨) to drive… But even if I did, we can’t afford the insurance on a 16 year old right now I’m sure.

🎨 Speaking of Boy-Type, his drawing skills are getting very good. Fingers crossed for him to be the next Akira Toriyama or Hayao Miyazaki. I’ll settle for him just being that guy that paints to cool murals in trendy shopping plazas and shops like his uncle does back in Tokyo. Getting paid to do what you like to do is the shit. One of the classes at the arts high school he’ll need to pay attention in is Creative Business Management. I hope he soaks it all up when the time comes.

🦸‍♀️ SuperWife is out here doing her thing and will attend a intensive technical training bootcamp style class this summer since she’ll have more time for that while the school district is on summer break. I think she’d make a great tech support technician or level 1 project lead; her time management is better than mine and that’s always been half the job for me. I can’t wait to have crazy “vim vs emacs” type discussions with her. LOL

🏁 Lastly, I’m looking forward to spring, warmer temps, and getting back out in the RV. We’re set to head down to Jacksonville, Florida for a few days during the first week of April and I can’t wait. I love being on the road with the tribe and I feel we’re at our best together out in the world exploring like this. We’ve hit daylight savings already and 25ºC/80ºF was hit for the first time last week too. Just gotta hang on a bit longer to shake these winter doldrums!

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Gestern habe ich an einem Infocall zu #TheWeek mit Carolin Goethel teilgenommen, die das Programm in Deutschland leitet.
Es gab spannende Hintergrundinformationen und Erfahrungsberichte. Jetzt ist eine öffentliche Aufzeichnung des Calls verfügbar.

#LernenImWandel

https://akademie.lernkulturzeit.de/the-week-in-d-im-bildungsbereich-infocall/

Gestern habe ich an einem Infocall zu #TheWeek mit Carolin Goethel teilgenommen, die das Programm in Deutschland leitet.
Es gab spannende Hintergrundinformationen und Erfahrungsberichte. Jetzt ist eine öffentliche Aufzeichnung des Calls verfügbar.

#LernenImWandel

https://akademie.lernkulturzeit.de/the-week-in-d-im-bildungsbereich-infocall/

Für alle, die wie ich bisher nicht an #TheWeek teilgenommen haben, gibt es am Mittwoch um 17:00 Uhr einen #Infocall zum Reinschnuppern - u. a. mit Carolin Goethel, die das Projekt in Deutschland leitet.

Es ist ein informativer und interaktiver Abend geplant, der Köpfe und Herzen berührt.

Details und Anmeldung hier:
https://www.lernkulturzeit.de/veranstaltung/the-week-infocall/

Ich habe mich übrigens auch angemeldet.
#LernenImWandel

Gerne boosten 🙏

Für alle, die wie ich bisher nicht an #TheWeek teilgenommen haben, gibt es am Mittwoch um 17:00 Uhr einen #Infocall zum Reinschnuppern - u. a. mit Carolin Goethel, die das Projekt in Deutschland leitet.

Es ist ein informativer und interaktiver Abend geplant, der Köpfe und Herzen berührt.

Details und Anmeldung hier:
https://www.lernkulturzeit.de/veranstaltung/the-week-infocall/

Ich habe mich übrigens auch angemeldet.
#LernenImWandel

Gerne boosten 🙏

The Week magazine presented the cover of its new issue featuring a strong bear with a Russian tricolor hat and "waiter" Donald Trump serving Ukraine and NATO on a platter. #TheWeek #politicalsatire

The Week magazine presented the cover of its new issue featuring a strong bear with a Russian tricolor hat and "waiter" Donald Trump serving Ukraine and NATO on a platter. #TheWeek #politicalsatire

The Week magazine presented the cover of its new issue featuring a strong bear with a Russian tricolor hat and "waiter" Donald Trump serving Ukraine and NATO on a platter. #TheWeek #politicalsatire

The Week magazine presented the cover of its new issue featuring a strong bear with a Russian tricolor hat and "waiter" Donald Trump serving Ukraine and NATO on a platter. #TheWeek #politicalsatire

@yorgos What’s staying with you from #TheWeek ? I haven’t watched yet. Am organizing it now.

@yorgos What’s staying with you from #TheWeek ? I haven’t watched yet. Am organizing it now.