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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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Soon, our nephew and his dad will be backpacking with us in Japan. Here’s a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to our travel date.
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Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
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The anonymous industrial buildings may look unassuming, but they house a large Asian supermarket and one of the city's best seafood markets. I bought vegetables at United Noodles and sea scallops at Coastal Seafoods, taking advantage of their 20% senior discount on Tuesdays.
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Categories: Our Neighborhood
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Posted Japan Loose-Ends List. Soon, our nephew and his dad will be backpacking with us in Japan. In this post I share a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to our travel date.
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Tonight we’re about to watch Tokyo Story (1953), a classic of Japanese cinema.
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Even my phone overheated while cycling through Nordeast Minneapolis. Finding relief, I took a quick break in Surdyk's walk-in beer cooler. A six-pack of Bauhaus Lounge Wizard in my backpack kept my back cool on the journey home.
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Categories: Nordeast Minneapolis, Cycle
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Saving Lives, Saving Money
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On my cycle ride, waved to and thanked needle exchange workers. The service costs about $20 per user per year. One syringe-infected AIDS patient requires over $120,000 per year in public health services. Six states ignore this reality and do not permit needle exchange programs.
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Categories: In This Together
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This week I’ve been prototyping systems for maintaining water levels while rooting plant cuttings. This morning I built a “production” system that includes a float valve connected to a water supply to top up the tank automatically.
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Categories: Apartment Gardening
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Spotted an octopus’s garden on my cycle ride. My earworm for the rest of the ride was inevitable: I'd like to be\…\In an octopus's garden\In the shade. (*Cognitive itch: the cause of an earworm.)
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