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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
I ordered a morello cherry tree. I hope it does better than our lemon tree which eventually died.
It is a maiden tree, which means it will be 1 year old, and won’t fruit for several years.
In the language of flowers, cherry blossom signifies a good education.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Lovely, refreshing, luminous orange Irn Bru:

I used to drink this and Tartan Special quite a lot when I lived in Scotland.
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
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Friday, February 19th, 2010

Apparently it’s called “Sushi Bar“. It’s impossible for non-Japanese.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010

My not-so-new but favourite blog is Cooking Issues, which is the French Culinary Institute’s tech blog.
Some interesting articles to start with:
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Here is my kakizome for 2010:

2008’s kakizome (水/”water”) worked out. We got plenty of water, of the wrong sort.
2009’s kakizome (金/”money”) worked well too … Now I have no money.
In 2010, either I’ll grow lots of these, or I’ll become a vegetable. Tune in during 2010 to find out …
By the way, thanks for everyone who wished me a happy birthday. However it’s not actually my birthday. It’s just that I put 1/1 in Facebook because of their privacy-sucking policies.
Update
N-sama making a gift for 書き初めの神:

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Friday, December 11th, 2009
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009


It took me bloody ages to work out that they were asking for me to type in the numbers (like イチ => 1 etc). I was trying to type in the hiragana and katakana …
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Take a crinkle-cut crisp, and cover it with dark chocolate. The simple concept behind Royce’ Potato Chip Chocolate Original (note: apostrophe in the wrong place), or as they say “By breaking down old customs and producing consistently original items, we are pursuing a new level in chocolate enjoyment.”
Quite tasty too — better photos on this blog.
Also comes in a keitai strap version!
Thanks Aya!
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
I ordered a goose for Christmas from Clerkes Geese.

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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
A few weeks ago I bought by accident the Complete Encyclopedia of Chickens.

Wow, chickens are … amazing!





These are Japanese fighting cocks! called Japanese SHAMO:

But I also bought a book about goats …

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009
It’s been one year since I bought an iPhone, and to celebrate that I bought the Bijin Tokei iPhone application.
It shows you a different lady every minute. As the website says: “In addition, it is likely to be able to meet the same woman every 24hours.” (Really? Is that how it works?!)
Here is an excited looking Miss 18:45:

4 out of 5 for effort but sorry Miss 18:50 is saucier.
They’re also different (sometimes) from the ladies on the website:

Was it £1.79 well spent? You decide …
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Saturday, September 5th, 2009
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