It has been a mild winter this season in Northern California. Mild implies less rainfall than usual and mild temps compared to past few years. That is putting it mildly. There is a palpable difference just in a couple years when certain flowering cherry trees in our backyard did a zero to full bloom in 2 days flat - 2 months ahead of schedule.
Not entirely sure but perhaps the earth is spinning out of control. At this time we will soon find ourselves facing the possibility that the north and south hemispheres will switch places...actually the hemispheres will do no such thing but the earth might just as soon do a 180 degree flip. Quite confusing as confusing can be as Thomsons would say in my fave Tintin series (Saw that Spielberg directed incarnation recently - not half bad).
It takes several degrees of warm up after all to cause the earth to misbehave and then all the degrees go topsy turvy in a manner of speaking..
I for one could care less what the physical weather is doing as long as I can get to do what I love the most - take off to a new lat long for a short period of time. i.e. new destination..plan to cover the isles of Singapore and Malaysia this summer. It will be hot and humid and rainy ...v likely but what the heck .. cannot give up the chance to sample some spicy malay and Indian food along with visiting the Sean Connery fame Petronas buildings.
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
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