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Nov 11

Cursed Napkins and the Perils of HIIT Training

I inadvertently did a little physical comedy routine today. I was heating up some tea in the kitchen and Yuanyuan (my favorite wife) said “you dropped your napkin on the floor.” Sure enough, I saw one when I looked down, though it didn’t have my name on it. “I’ll be…

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Nov 10

Japan: (Last)ing Impressions

We’ve regressed to the mean somewhat. People are louder than I claimed 10 days ago. The other day I saw Japanese people, no joke, playing in the park, talking, laughing, even practicing musical instruments right next to a sign listing all of those activities as prohibited. A guy and a…

Japan

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Japan

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Oct 19

Welcome Back to Beijing

2023–10–12 Yuanyuan has been bouncing up and down for the last two days, she’s so excited to get back to China. I can’t remember the last time I got so visibly or even invisibly excited about anything. It might have been in Grindelwald. Should I give up on 20 years…

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Oct 3

Japan: First Impressions

We flew into Tokyo this morning, 5am local time. The flight was uneventful, unless you count being comfortable in economy an event. First off, it was less than half-full, so Yuanyuan and I got three seats for the two of us and spent the flight doing acroyoga, trying to find…

Tokyo

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Tokyo

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Oct 1

U-Haul

Renting a U-Haul really makes you appreciate how magical the Uber experience is, and how much worse it could be if allowed to reach its full negative potential. Our apartment lease is ending today. A month ago, I reserved a U-Haul truck through their website. I don’t remember anything about…

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Nov 28, 2022

Eutrotrip 2022 Chronicles: The Snoring Olympics

Context: every so often, Exodus employees meet up IRL to vacation and co-work together. Wonderful and memorable things happen. Unfortunately, half of those memories drown at the bottom of a glass. The other 49% disappear into the ether, casualties of bugs in short-term to long-term memory consolidation, exacerbated by certain…

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Oct 31, 2022

Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: A Toast to Don Fede

Context: every so often, Exodus employees meet up IRL to vacation and co-work together. Wonderful and memorable things happen. Unfortunately, half of those memories drown at the bottom of a glass. The other 49% disappear into the ether, casualties of bugs in short-term to long-term memory consolidation, exacerbated by certain…

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Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: A Toast to Don Fede
Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: A Toast to Don Fede
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Oct 27, 2022

Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: That’s Too Much!

Context: every so often, Exodus employees meet up IRL to vacation and co-work together. Wonderful and memorable things happen. Unfortunately, half of those memories drown at the bottom of a glass. The other 49% disappear into the ether, casualties of bugs in short-term to long-term memory consolidation, exacerbated by certain…

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Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: That’s Too Much!
Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: That’s Too Much!
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Oct 26, 2022

Adventures With Waiters in Montreal

Note: most names have been replaced with Francois(e) to protect the innocent. I studied French in middle school and high school, but have only used it outside of class on a few occasions. This weekend we drove up to Montreal and I whipped it out to everyone’s confusion, not the…

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Adventures With Waiters in Montreal
Adventures With Waiters in Montreal
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Oct 25, 2022

Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: The Heroes

Context: every so often, Exodus employees meet up IRL to vacation and co-work together. Wonderful and memorable things happen. Unfortunately, half of those memories drown at the bottom of a glass. The other 49% disappear into the ether, casualties of bugs in short-term to long-term memory consolidation, exacerbated by certain…

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Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: The Heroes
Eurotrip 2022 Chronicles: The Heroes
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Mark Vayngrib

Mark Vayngrib

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