The Monday Read
More like the August Read, amirite? Hi friends Did you miss me? I must admit I have really enjoyed the change of pace during August. How was your summer? Can’t believe it is September already. You may have noticed a change to the Monday Read this year. Previously I wrote the post on Sunday (sometimes […]
The Monday Read
Glorious Summer Well, the rain broke here in Sendai. It’s weird how I seem to have gotten used to the climate here. Summers killed me when I first arrived in Japan, but now I am pretty much used to them and don’t really mind unless I have to do something stupid like walk around in […]
The Monday Read
Technical Problems Edition Apologies to anyone who has tried to use the forum over the last few days. We seem to be having technical problems (forum software is out of date and I am too stupid to update it myself -currently looking for someone to help me with it). Hope to have it back to […]
The Monday Read
Ocean Day Edition Ocean day! I assume no one will be reading this until Tuesday 🙂 I have a jiu-jitsu competition today. Wish me luck. Here are this week’s links: This is not a profit, any more than the previous ‘loss’ was a loss: Gov’t pension fund posts ¥9.1 tril profit in 4th quarter I […]
The Monday Read
Best July ever I am loving the perfect temperatures so far this July. Long may they continue! We have a new feature for you in today’s Monday Read: new threads from the Forum and interesting ones from other sites. You’ll find them after the usual links and before the reading list. Here are this week’s […]
The Monday Read
Rain, rain, go away… Dogen posted a joke the other day: “During Japan’s rainy season Godzilla returns to the ocean because it makes him feel less wet”. Makes sense to me! If I wanted cool, dark, gloomy weather I would have stayed in the UK 😉 Here are this week’s links Nice post on the […]
The Monday Read
Digital Detox edition As I wrote in last week’s post, I have started trying to detox myself digitally. So far so good! I’ll probably be writing about it in the future, but one possible drawback is less material for these Monday Reads… I guess we’ll deal with that problem when it arrives, if ever 🙂 […]
The Monday Read
Summer is coming This week is week ten at my university, so we are 2/3 of the way through the semester. We are approaching the downhill part 🙂 We are also almost half-way through 2019. Hopefully you are working on your financial plan and happy with your progress. Remember to keep an eye out for […]
The Monday Read
The Rainy Season is here. Apparently. Still pretty nice in Sendai though 🙂 Here are this week’s links: This essay on Why Nerds are Unpopular was interesting, although I think the US is particularly anti-intellectual in schools. I thought being a politician in Japan was more lucrative -there goes my post-retirement side gig! Local elections […]
The Monday Read
Rainy season is coming Life is good. I hope your life is good too. Here are this week’s links: Are you being too productive at work? The Productivity Pitfall. See if any of these appeal: 24 Weird Ways People Make Money Online Invest it, of course! What Should You Do With A Windfall? This is […]