Ptolemy-lives comments

My heart is broken.

So this process takes 25 minutes or just boil taking at most 10 minutes and be done.

Sardine and peanut butter sandwiches with a milk and Pepsi chaser.

Yeah it would be great if trees cut down were replanted but the fact is on this island chain it is not done. Prefectures especially the smaller and poor ones accept bids from the timber industry to clear cut entire native growth forests. That is the reason mud slides have become more and more common.

No. Shochu, yakiniku, and more shochu.

Harry the Dirty Dog, Talking to Plants, and then in my teen years Playboy, Penthouse, Club International.

Serious question, how many SSRI was he on?

Like JFK an assasinated head of state deserves one.

Even if to poke the eyes of China-North Korea-Russia as Bill says.

And what is the population ratio of the US to little bitty NZ?

Yeah that matters. The zero Covid approach is not working in NZ or China.

And yet one of the most popular restaurants here in little ole Oita is an authentic Mexican restaurant with a line out the door for seating every single night. How do I know? I own the restaurant/

They are disjoined from family and desperately seek to be part of some group.

I wouldn't say Tokyo was the worst, Beijing 2022 was by far and away the worst. Building the fake mountain for skying next to that lead smelter - massive fail larger than anything at Tokyo.