Or visit Japan and you only have to worry about this stuff when you visit areas with lots of foreigners, like Roppongi. Obviously, not completely foolproof and you can’t limit travel to only Japan (or can you?), but it’s a wonderful extra benefit to traveling there.

Looks like Best Buy has changed the deal. They say it’s $100 off, but when you try to add it to your cart, it restricts your carrier selection and ends up at $399 if you choose activate later... It looks like they are switching to a $100 e-gift card, maybe...

Single income middle class family with two young kids, a home mortgage, working my butt off at a very good job, and basically just breaking even. My income was basically the same and I do my own taxes. My Federal taxes were identical to the prior year. If I had taken the standard deduction, it would have imperceptibly …

Back in 2001, at least, subway station bathrooms did have toilet paper, but only in vending machines (i.e., you had to buy it), which is definitely something you should check and verify before you get down to business.

I was just thinking to myself, “just do shrooms - they are legal!” when I got to the 2002 law you mentioned. I was there for a semester in the Fall of 2001 and after seeing them at a stand in Shibuya, we were initially incredulous that it was legit. In retrospect, I’m not sure what we were thinking (although it…

Why settle for something that’s only potentially beneficial in half your life? For as much as Philosophy is derided as a pointless major, even jokingly, I’ve grown to realize it’s given me a tremendous advantage. At essence, it’s the academic pursuit of critical thinking/reasoning, which is both exceptionally useful…

16 weeks of paid paternity leave that I can spread out across an entire year. 1 month off to help my wife. 1 day a week (typically worked slightly more every other day so only 5 hours of leave) off for ‘Daddy daycare’ to bond. Did it for both of my kids. I was there for the first laugh, first words, crawling, steps,…