Death by Overwork

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The Mainichi Shinbun reports today on a 32 year-old man who has died from Karoshi, or overwork. Granted, I read a few of the Japan blogs, but this is the second Karoshi incident I’ve read about today. We mention Karoshi … Read More

Getting Married

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Last night was Patrick’s bachelor party. Did I mention that we’re getting married? Anyway, Adam took him out for a football match, then the drinking started. I had the evening in. Picked up a falafel at Just Falafel in Covent … Read More

Flooding in New Orleans

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Have a look at this bit of citizen journalism from Bill Delano and the folks over at Levees.org. It must be so frustrating for the good folks down there to hear about how much money was spent the fix a … Read More

Red Beans and Rice

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Patrick says: “That looks absolutely disgusting!” I don’t think this is going well. It’s my first attempt to indoctrinate him into the culinary delights of my hometown. I’ve screwed it up, though. I’ve used dried beans and am trying to … Read More

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