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My 2014 in Review

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This is the time of year that most people take time to be with their families and spend time with people they love or haven’t seen in a long time. As for me ...

Let it Snow!

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For me December has always been a time of warm sunny days that are spent relaxing at home with family or hanging out with friends at the beach. Japanese wint...

Staying Fit in the Cold of Winter

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One of my main gripes with the winters here in Japan is that I lose the chance to get out for regular jogs. It’s exacerbated by the longer commute I do at my...

Testing the Jawbone Up24

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About a year ago I took to using a Fitbit Flex in the hopes that being able to see the raw numbers behind my daily activities would spur me on to exercise mo...

See You, Space Cowboy

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Nowadays I don’t watch much anime which is pretty surprising given that I live in Japan and used to watch epic amounts of anime as a college student and youn...