PostsCommentsdbooster in #hive-178138 • 11 hours agoGood Guys, Bad Guys, and the Problem with WarSo the other day my oldest asked me about World War II. He asked me if Japan was the bad guy in the war. Oh man. Now ifdbooster in #hive-148441 • 22 hours agoIs AliExpress Being Naughty or Are They Just Bad at English?Late post today. Weeks back after holiday are always rough, so I was dead on my feet after last week and not only crashed early last night, but slept in way too late this…dbooster in #hive-178138 • 2 days agoOld Video Game Magazine Archive In his post yesterday, @bozz mentioned an issue of Nintendo Power. When I was a kid, I was a subscriber. What a great magazine. It gave tips on and reviedbooster in #hive-148441 • 3 days agoThree Day Monks and the January 8 Check-In So... honest question. It’s January 8, right? How are those New Year’s resolutions holding up? In Japanese there’s a wonderfully compact phrase for this moment: 三日坊主 ,dbooster in #hive-178138 • 4 days agoApple Watch Face Update I think it was @ericvancewalton who pointed me to Clockology. Apple unfortunately doesn’t allow third-party watch faces on the Apple Watch, likely because they don’t want poorly…dbooster in #hive-193212 • 5 days agoThree Takes on TendernessGreetings and salutations Hivers. Today let’s go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @abladbooster in #hive-112281 • 6 days agoMy Hive Goals for 5 January 2026 Hello all! Another week and it’s time again to do another #myhivegoalsdbooster in #hive-166847 • 7 days agoThe Glasses Were Never the Point Superman’s disguise — a simple pair of glasses and a business suit — has been mocked for as long as the character has existed. The joke writes itself: sure, glasses can change…dbooster in #hive-133974 • 8 days agoToday in Japan - The Meiji Restoration and Ryōma’s Quiet Shadow Today in Japanese history, January 3 marks the formal beginning of the Meiji Restoration. In 1868, on thisdbooster in #hive-148441 • 9 days agoHappy New Year 2026, Part II — Enter the Fire Horse Another year turns over, and with it comes a zodiac sign that carries more cultural baggage than most. A few years ago I started these looks at the new year using the East…dbooster in #hive-161465 • 11 days agoHappy New Years 2026! Happy New Year, everyone! It is Jan 1st here on this side of the world. We welcomed the New Year a few hours ago with the traditional singing contest on TV, then I ran out to the…dbooster in #hive-193212 • 12 days agoFamiliar Songs, Delightfully BrokenGreetings and salutations Hivers. Today let’s go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. As always, thanks to @abladbooster in #hive-111011 • 13 days agoMy Hive Goals for 29 December 2025 Hello all! Another week and it’s time again to do another #myhivegoalsdbooster in #hive-193212 • 16 days agoSilver at $80! And just like that, silver is nearly at $80. Unbelievable. Of course gold has been even more nuts. Platinum too. All the metdbooster in #hive-181017 • 17 days agoAnko: Japan’s Quiet, Everyday Sweet If you’ve spent any time around Japanese food, you’ve almost certainly eaten anko (pronounced AHN-KOH), even if you didn’t quidbooster in #hive-178138 • 17 days agoA Merry Chaotic Christmas I wrote this last year and posted it there, but it is still true — and even more true this year! christmas morning— the floor looks like a tornado hit…dbooster in #hive-148441 • 18 days agoFire Horse Year: Why 2026 Won’t Repeat 1966 The coming Fire Horse year (丙午, ひのえうま ) still carries a long shadow in Japan. In popular superstition, women born under the Fire Horse are said to be headstrong, dangerous to tdbooster in #hive-111011 • 20 days agoMy Hive Goals for 22 December 2025 Hello all! Another week and it’s time again to do another #myhivegoalsdbooster in #hive-148441 • 21 days agoNew Blood vs Old Codes: Japan’s Criminal Order Shifts For decades, Japan’s underworld has been dominated by the yakuza. You all have an image of the Japanese mafia. Highly structured, hieradbooster in #hive-126152 • 22 days agoThe Confidence That Was a Lie If you’ve ever watched any Steve Martin stand-up, you know that he was one of — if not the — most confident stand-up performers we’ve had in the past hundred years. You
