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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…