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Dropped the newsletter late last night, but forgot to tweet it
https://buttondown.email/chadkoh/archive/back-and-forth-5053/
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Replying to @chadkoh
By the way, it was an excellent show. Great talent, and so emotional! I really enjoyed it.
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I just watched this and it is striking how Debussy’s late period is so… dark.
“A lullaby built on a funeral march” https://twitter.com/B4Btv/status/1420630450314244098
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RT @chadkoh: Buckle up for 3000 words on my disastrous inaugural road trip in my #electric vehicle #ev, the friends we met along the way, a…
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Just discovered this podcast and the first two eps feature an excellent conversation with Robert Stoltz on Tosaka Jun, the “rogue” member of the Kyoto School. His analysis of the relationship between fascism and liberalism from the 1930s has some clear echoes to this day. https://twitter.com/againstjapanism/status/1378572645025914881
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Replying to @B4Btv
Just took a quick little scrub through and those are some very talented people. I will watch the whole thing tomorrow. Thanks for posting, always wondered what the Séance experience was like.
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It was an {{insert electricity pun}} time!! https://twitter.com/chadkoh/status/1420202526855544832
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Replying to @Nevin_Thompson
Yeah I am really worried about taking it over the Coq in winter. We were hoping to visit Van a lot since now we have a car, but…
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Replying to @HiromuNagahara
(I realize now that that em dash looks like a “bo” so it kinda reads like “otakuuuuuu” 😂 Guess one should not mix punctuation systems)
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Replying to @HiromuNagahara
Yes, it is very much a vehicle for オタク ー so many variables to think about and obsess over. At least for long trips. In the city it is a breeze.
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Replying to @makkoruden
Thank you for the kind comment.
It definitely takes a little getting used to. Like when the first smartphones came out and the battery wouldn’t last all day. Oh wait, they STILL don’t last all day! 😂
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I like that! “In an #ev every road is like a rollercoaster!” 🎢 😂 https://twitter.com/jedschmidt/status/1420525858343636997
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Replying to @TBeanpod
NARRATOR: Luckily, no one turned up dead.
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Replying to @TBeanpod
Yep, it was totally Agatha Christie up there. All we needed was someone to turn up dead! 😊
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Replying to @NavyBlueWasp
Lol! I was totally fooled! Shoulda looked closer
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Replying to @NavyBlueWasp
Wow! Where is this from? Was this you?
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A day of firsts! 🥇 First meal in the new house 🍱 🏠 and first kid barf in the new car 🤮 🚗
Hooray! 万歳！🙌🎊
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Replying to @HiromuNagahara and @worldarchery
😳oh my lord they didn’t 🤦♂️
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @B4Btv and @Andrew_Levidis
But literally, I have no idea what is going on in this horse gif.
That said, I too have seen that knife edge, and I too fell on the side of Marx.
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Replying to @wesinjapan, @B4Btv and @Andrew_Levidis
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama
Thanks. They have been getting pretty wordy. It has been trial after trial but we should be moving into our house next week full time. Then it will be on to the next adventure: looking for a job! Time to become a productive member of society 😅
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Replying to @AlfieJapanorama
I love Blue Sharp Major 🎶
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TURTLE POWER!! 🐢 https://twitter.com/CosyCIub/status/1420206877141573635
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Buckle up for 3000 words on my disastrous inaugural road trip in my #electric vehicle #ev, the friends we met along the way, and the 8½ lessons we learned along the way. http://chadkohalyk.com/2021/07/27/a-bumpy-ride-into-the-electric-car-future/
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RT @9DashLine: Without comment.
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Ash from the surrounding forest fires on the cars when I got up this morning
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RT @chadkoh: How many things can go wrong when you are trying to return to Canada from Japan in an emergency AND under a pandemic? Well, a…
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Replying to @stuartcw
My allergies are a LOT better in Japan. I am not allergic to 杉 so it is easy for me. Here in Canada I am surrounded by farmland, and I am allergic to everything.
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Replying to @stuartcw
I take antihistamines every day in summer but to be honest this was the worst sinus blockage I have ever had in my life and probably it is because I live right here now
https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
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Replying to @makiwi
Nice! 😂
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Replying to @makiwi
We are 伊藤 too. It is a much simpler name than Kohalyk but I didn’t want to take it because then I would be “Chadito” 😂
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Replying to @chadkoh
But I am back on the #NowReading2021 bandwagon. It is 3am and I am suffering from stuffed sinuses, drinking NeoCitron and listening to “A Concise History of Japan” by Brett L Walker while I breathe in steam under a towel. 🤧🧖♂️
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Replying to @chadkoh
Since then things have been pretty hectic, so I have been actually catching up on podcasts (including Dan Carlin’s latest 6 hour delve into the atomic bombings) and not doing as much book reading as I would like.
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Replying to @chadkoh
In June I read an intriguing little book by one of my teacher’s Luong Por Sona called “Life is a near Death Experience.” It helped me put some things into perspective. #NowReading2021
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58036845
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Replying to @chadkoh
I need to catch up on my #NowReading2021. In May, with my sudden departure from Japan looming, I started listening to “The Emperor of All Maladies” by Siddhartha Mukherjee. I finished it just 4 days before my dad passed away from metastatic lung cancer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27214070
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Replying to @pjacksonmusic
Saw this the other day. There is a LOT going on in this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhBnW7bZHEE&ab_channel=IronMaiden
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14/10 YES! #doggos https://twitter.com/stuartcw/status/1419528417708490753
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Replying to @EyeOnKyoto
Thanks for your commiseration. There will be a chapter 2 in the coming days, but it is a little more light hearted! Stay tuned! 😉
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Replying to @MusubiRocks
Of course, this just scratches the surface, and I don’t get into the negatives of over-planning, or inability to switch plans at the last moment (ahem Japan), but it was carthatic to write. I’d love to hear your views as someone who has spent much longer than me in Japan.
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Replying to @MusubiRocks
I had to limit myself. I swear something happened every single one of those 19 days in isolation! Just laughable
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Replying to @MusubiRocks
/cc you are mentioned in here
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How many things can go wrong when you are trying to return to Canada from Japan in an emergency AND under a pandemic? Well, a lot actually. But I learned something along the way. http://chadkohalyk.com/2021/07/25/a-systematic-culture-of-failure/
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Fascinating interview and a very interesting sounding book. https://twitter.com/sutrasandstuff/status/1417547648438095880
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Replying to @fulltimerinjp
「北観音山だけですね、見て欲しいのでしょうね」
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Replying to @fulltimerinjp
Maybe because there are no tourists that’s why they are doing it? 😂
I don’t know about recent years, but this is from yesterday. I will ask my FIL if there are many people doing this.
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Attn @Matt_Alt https://twitter.com/RyuSoundworks/status/1419027382997037057
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Replying to @chadkoh
Houses in the old neighbourhoods will open their front shutters so you can take a look inside and see some family treasures. I always enjoyed this part of the festival.
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Replying to @chadkoh
Floats come in all shapes and sizes. Its cool to walk around and go up inside of them.
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Replying to @chadkoh
More pics of Gion floats from my FiL.
Check out the decorations on the inner towers!
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Replying to @jbrcpod and @omhboyd
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