The Monday Read
End of Suga Well, that was quick. Had some hopes for him as he wasn’t from a political dynasty (I loathe politicians that inherit their Daddy’s seat and political machine) but very much did not rise to the challenges of the last couple of years. Not going to miss Mr Suga. Wonder who we’ll get […]
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Online Conference Edition In the before times I organised a few RetireJapan events. I gave a talk, took questions, then everyone kind of hung out and chatted. They were really fun. I also did an online finance round table this week, and it really brought home to me once again how many people are really […]
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Take care of yourself edition It’s been a rough year and a half, eh? Recently I’ve been getting a bit too sucked into the news, into Twitter doomscrolling, into ranting at the TV. Not helpful or healthy. Or productive. Or happy. So I pulled back a bit. I tried to read more books, focus on […]
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Rain, rain, go away We’ve been spared much of the rain up here in Sendai. Just a gloomy, cool, rainy few days. A bit like being back in the UK, really. I’ve been watching the news on TV a lot, and I am flabbergasted by the fact that I haven’t heard anyone talk about climate […]
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Olympics are Over Edition Well, that’s the end of the Tokyo Olympics. Still think they should have held them next year instead (thanks, Shinzo Abe). Wonder how many more there will be in this current format? Paris, LA, Brisbane… and then? Personally I think we should have a decentralised Olympics, with cities bidding for individual […]
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Fully vaccinated edition I had my second Moderna vaccine on July 10th. Day one was fine, although I started feeling a bit sluggish in the evening. Day two I had a fever, headache, muscle/joint aches, and felt very tired all day. Day three I was fine. Also managed to get an appointment for my wife […]
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The Olympics edition Well, I’m not a fan of holding the Olympics this year. I read somewhere that the IOC was okay with postponing the games for two years, but Abe wanted to have it this year. Then he ran away from the mess he made (again). I don’t think there is a major problem […]
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Damn it’s rainy edition More climate change, no doubt. Tell me about the rains on your homeworld, Usul. I’m writing some books at the moment (non-finance related) so this Monday Read is a bit… bare bones. My apologies! The forum Forum is looking good again this week! This week’s links Interesting little story about prisoners […]
The Monday Read
Climate Madness Edition I’ve always been somewhat concerned about climate change and environmental issues, but it seems to be accelerating recently even faster than I imagined. One of my daughters lives in Vancouver, which made the whole ‘heat dome’ thing much more real, and then we have the rain/landslides in Japan this week. I wonder […]
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Back in white edition I saw my doctor on Friday and got permission to go back to jiu-jitsu class. Nature is healing 😀 In other fitness news, I’m loving my rowing machine. Got up to 5 x 1500m every other day so far, hoping to get to 5 x 2000m every day eventually. The key […]