Can VLC keep track of which TV episodes you’ve watched the way Plex can?

Speaking of cleanliness in Japan, I was once in a car there with my Japanese ex-father-in-law driving, and he spotted a small pile of trash on the roadside. He was absolutely outraged over the defilement, and went on about it for quite a while. I don’t think it was just that he was trying to show off for a visitor—he…

Unless you score some of the packets of tissue that are handed out on the street for the advertising messages printed on them (and actually, I haven’t seen much of that on more recent trips to Japan), you are going to need to have your own tissue for public restrooms. I like to carry a packet of “flushable wipes” (not…

I have only minimal Nihongo skills, and starting from the early 1990s have made about half a dozen trips of a week or more to Japan by myself or with another non-Japanese speaker. I have never felt even the 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 bit uncomfortable there (except for the high prices for everything), and wouldn’t hesitate to go…

Yum!

Why? Nihilism sells.

Heresy! I’m generally a food snob, but crumbled potato chips make a 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 topping.

“what haven’t I done it with?”

My most joyous discovery of this miserable flu season (with two bouts under my belt—so far) was the suggestion to use honey instead of dextromethorphan. It works!! When I wake up coughing in the middle of the night, a couple of spoonfuls of honey will have me happily back asleep in minutes, and without the feeling of…

I’d rather do it in one swell foop.

grrrrrrrr...oss!

I over-organize my friends’ behavior.

That’s my goal for every day. :-)

I just bought a second microwave because I often reheat lots of stuff when cooking and I was getting impatient. It’s 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 worth the extra space it occupies.

“What’s this?”

It’s “roiling boil”, not “rolling boil”.

That flowchart is as clear as mud’s.

And how do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 pronounce “forte”?

Lactose-free milk can be expensive, but the Walmart brand is reasonable.

Oh, no... I’m sure that at least one of my various AliExpress orders that disappeared in transit is going to come back to haunt me.............