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Checkin to Cinnabon Seattle's Best Coffee
Seattleโs best brings back some fond memories. Surprised theyโre still around. -
by JamesMorning Run in FUK
Lovely wide sidewalks. Too many traffic lights.5.5km
46.2min
11.9m climbed
avg bpm
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Checkin to Hakata Ikkousha (ๅๅคไธๅนธ่)
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Checkin to ใฒใใพใใ
Breakfast at a small Japanese cafe. Cat napping next to me table. -
Checkin to Fukuoka Airport (FUK) (็ฆๅฒก็ฉบๆธฏ)
First time in Fukuoka in probably 13 years. -
Checkin to Gate 62 (ๆญไนๅฃ62)
First domestic flight in Japan. Going to FUK. -
Checkin to Saza Coffee (ใตใถใณใผใใผ)
Waiting for the trains to clear up a bit ๐ฎโ๐จ -
The Week #289
by James- ๐พ We celebrated 15 years of being married. My how does time fly and wow is life very different than it was when we got married. Physically we're just down the road from the 1K I was renting. To celebrate I made some carbonara and we split a sparkling cider from our champaign glasses. Boyo also took park in the festivities, drinking ginger ale from a fancy glass.
- ๐น๏ธ Speaking of, Leo used all of his new year's cash and bought Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2. We already have Galaxy 1 via the bundle cartridge that has 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy. However, they don't sell a cartridge with just Galaxy 2 on it. In the former bundle, there is a single game in the Switch menu then you select which game you'd like to play from in the game. For Galaxy 1 + 2 it actually shows up as 2 different games in the Switch menu. So far it looks like it is a real improvement on the original.ย
- ๐ While researching how to maybe use a Kindle to help reluctant readers, I discovered the Assistive Reader functionality. With this your kindle reads the book to you while underlining where it is in the line. Although I was researching it for Leo, I've found myself using it a lot this week. It is enabling me to read while I cook or similar. The only downside is it only seems to work with books purchased from Amazon, not side-loaded epubs.
- ๐ฅ I subscribed to a new YouTube channel (thanks to a post from Probably Riding) called Bikes, Books, & Buildings. Instead of riding around Seoul he's riding around Oslo.ย I'm really enjoying the different views.
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by JamesMorning Run
Oddly warm run to running commentary.4.5km
30.5min
24.2m climbed
157avg bpm
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The Week #288
by James- ๐ The calendar turned over from 2025 to 2026. I am glad 2025 is in the history books an am looking forward to 2026. For more, read my year in review.
- ๐ฏ I spent a fair amount of time thinking about the coming year, what I want to accomplish, and the habits I want to form. I wish I had more time to do this kind of thinking throughout the year. The truth is I probably do, but just in hour long busts here or there, when really what I want is a solid 4 - 8 hours.
- ๐ As per usual there is far too much homework for winter break. This time we managed to break it down and get him to finish days ahead of going back to school without massive battles each day. We broke it down into smaller chunks (2 pages of math and Japanese/day), created a tracking schedule (which Yumi would draw a Moomin character on when he finished for the day), and explained the plan/schedule to him with a small reward when he finishes it all (he gets to play Dragon Ball twice at the arcade).
The other technique that really helped was to let him earn 30 minutes over-time on his Switch or iPad by doing a page of homework. This technique I will try to use more as school comes back into session to make each day run smoother. - ๐ I think I've finally driven enough in Japan that I don't particularly mind driving in areas that I'm not super familiar with. I was able to sit back, listen to some tunes at an appropriate level and feel bit like I was on the back streets in Texas.
