Kristine’s Neighbors

Welcome home, George!

nobody@vox.com(MarkSimmons) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:36:46 -0800

George Benedict Simmons came home on Friday with the assistance of his big brother, Teddy.

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We picked Teddy up on the way home from his friend Olivia's. He was very excited to meet George and gave him kisses.

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George returned the love with a solid slumber

Teddy serenades Mom and George with his new banjo (and race car).

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We're having a great time and adjusting to the new realities.Teddy has been a great big brother and is already looking forward to the day when George can play with him.

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YouTube Conduit

nobody@vox.com(Team Vox) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:32:13 -0800

As many of you have noticed, the YouTube Conduit is not working. I am so sorry about this; I know how frustrating it is.

The team is looking into how to get this fixed and I will update you as soon as I hear something. In the meantime, not all is lost... There is a work-around for posting videos.

When you're in the Compose Screen, just click on "embed." Ignore the fact that it says "Widget" before everything because you can definitely use this to embed videos as well. You'll just need to input the embed code from the video, enter a title (if you want) and hit OK.

It might not show up perfectly in your compose screen, but when you hit "Save," your video should appear just the way you wanted it to.

Hopefully this will allow you to keep posting videos while we figure out what's happening on our end.

As always, thanks for your patience.

~daisy

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Is it weird that I'm envious of a 9 year old's boots?

nobody@vox.com(daisy) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:28:26 -0800

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Tweets for Today

nobody@vox.com(Nob Seki) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:01:36 -0800

09:31 @hbkr こちらは行けませんでしたが、水曜のパーティには参加します！ #
10:51 @yokokloeden いつもギリギリ、日程がずれますね。12/12（土）の早朝着予定（CDG->SIN直行便がキャンセル待ちだけど）、12/13（日）の夜便で帰国予定 #
11:50 at a Starbucks for concentration as if I were a nomad worker in Tokyo #
14:23 @hokugo どちらへ出張ですか？ #
14:28 ランチ＠アオザイなう。この時間は女子のおひとりさまば\xE3 \x81\x8Bりなのは、全然変わらんなぁ #
14:32 @hokugo PDCには、もう10年近く行ってないです。懐かしい。Have a safe flight! #
16:13 @heikuro はい、今週はなるべく外に食べに行けるようにスケジュールしました！ #
16:25 校正紙はネタの宝庫ですw RT @jpblogscom: DTPの世界で遭遇した、心に残る爆笑指示の数々 bit.ly/2WirxU #
16:32 DTP指示ネタが集まり始めた RT @natsumi: @nseki 「八重歯とってください」っていわれたことありますwwちなみにすわさんが\xE5\x85 \xAB重歯取ってくれました。 #
16:32 RT @takechi: 写植時代だってネタの宝庫でしたよね♪ RT @nseki: 校正紙はネタの宝庫ですw RT @jpblogscom: DTPの世界で遭遇した、心に残る爆笑指示の数々 bit.ly/2WirxU #
17:12 広報ブログ: Movable Type アフィリエイト報酬額2倍のボーナスキャンペーンは11月25日まで bit.ly/lUOBb #
18:19 最近 @BuzzTum のつぶやきがないなぁ、体調悪いのかなぁ、と思っていたらフォローが外れていた。アトランダムにフォローが外れるのはどうにかならんかなぁ #
18:22 @BuzzTum そっか。私も体調は一進一退。ご近所になったら連絡が途絶えて、この街に住むのは体調にとっては鬼門なのか、とか考えていたw #
18:52 @neohawk 偶然だれかのtweetに言及されていて、あれ、言及されているってことは、つぶやいているはず、と直接アカウント情報みにいったら、相互にnot followingだったw #
18:53 なんと！おめでとうございます > #fc0 RT @tomihisa: これからエフシーゼロ設立1周年記念パーティーに向かいます:-) #
19:00 iPhomeがどこにいてもアンテナが0 本になる症状（接続はOKになったので、久々に再起動したら直った #
19:04 1日ぶりのシャンパンなう #
19:08 @rose_m これだけ可愛ければ、しょうがないですよ :-) #
19:16 今日は明日の、ミシュランガイド2010東京のパーティに備えて、お気に入りの☆☆レストランに #
23:53 うーん、X dayを知ってしまったw #

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Kymberlie's Daily Twitterings

nobody@vox.com(Kymberlie R. McGuire) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:30:08 -0800

04:27 What I want more than anything else right now: Someone to take me dancing. #
11:01 The construction crew right outside my window should make this a pleasant work day. #
18:59 Funniest stuff EVER EVER EVER. RT @instant_netflix: Now showing - Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley: bit.ly/2lImJn #
19:53 I'm meeting @elegantmachines and @TrishBadger at the Greenway Edwards Theater at 9:55 to see 2012 if anyone wants to join us! #
21:32 Got to the theater only to find out that the 9:55 for 2012 is sold out! 10:25 ticket procured. #
22:14 Why the fuck did I not bring a flask? There are a ton of infants at this R-rated 10 PM movie. Assholes. #
01:15 2012 won't win any Academy Awards, but I enjoyed it muchly and, surprisingly, teared up a few times. myloc.me/1wXpB #
02:06 At Wal-Mart, looking for gift bag goodies. myloc.me/1wZC6 #

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The Golden Age of Video -- We came we saw we kicked its ass

nobody@vox.com(Jodi) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:24:33 -0800

I've watched this video about 11 times today. I don't know what exactly it is about it, but every single time I watch it I smile head off. So fun.

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Picking chestnuts

nobody@vox.com(aa) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:08:15 -0800

It's going to be some good Thanksgiving eats this year!

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Tweets for Today

nobody@vox.com(Nob Seki) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:01:47 -0800

10:58 @neohawk よく考えたら11/21（土）でもいい気がしてきた。ご予定は？ #
12:20 ミシュランガイドの歴史を見て最初に驚いたのは、ミシュランマンという名前だと思っていたタイヤのキャラが実は「ビバンダム」という名前だったこと #MiGuideTrivia bit.ly/X60Qf #
13:05 @neohawk じゃあ11/21にしましょう、シャンの日。さて食べ物は、今日はどんな趣向で行きますかねー？ #
15:37 ミシュランガイドの歴史は、歴史好きの私にとって楽しい発見の連続。なんとノルマ\xE3 \x83\xB3ディ上陸作戦の地図として、1939年版ミシュランガイドが再版され連合軍に配られたとか！ #MiGuideTrivia bit.ly/RLU70 #
21:08 @kenjieno's song just started! (kenji_eno live › ustre.am/3zdV) #

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nobody@vox.com(Kymberlie R. McGuire) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:30:08 -0800

14:19 @pumajen: I was unable to figure out exactly where you were last night, but I do remember that you have my hoodie. Will try to get tomorrow. #
14:21 @Transition: Lego Rock Band is very fun. I'm amazed at home much I like it really. Well worth $46 and you can export all the songs to RB2. #
14:25 I forget to check in on it very often, but Geeklandia is getting so big! geeklandia.myminicity.com/ #
16:24 At Mister Car Wash, finally getting Mazzy a bath. She was filthy, like her mother. myloc.me/1voGj #
17:53 Sitting on the couch with @m_shel at Ryan's. It's movie night - Patton. myloc.me/1vrga #

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Mmmmmm....chocolate. Double chocolate...triple chocolate!

nobody@vox.com(Evil Tracey) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:07:33 -0800

Apparently, Hans and Fritz (the guys who temporarily bought the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from Mean Monty Burns) were wrong; Germany isn't the ONLY land of chocolate. There were some interesting chocolates in Japan, too. So I decided to try some of them out.

Over here, we have KitKat bars in chocolate. Pretty dull, huh? In Japan, the KitKat bars come in different flavours. Every time I visited a kiosk (on the subway or the train) or convenience store, I checked to see if there were any interesting flavours.

While shopping in the duty free shop at Narita Airport, I noticed that each city/ region is represented by a different flavour of KitKat bar. Kyoto, for example, is represented by green (matcha?) tea. Kobe is represented by Kobe pudding. And Tokyo is represented by...shoyu. That's right; soy sauce-flavoured KitKats. Interesting.

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This flavour is "Kinako ohagi aji," or soybean flour covered rice cake. It was actually pretty good. This video came in handy identifying the different types of chocolate.

This was a bit more mundane (but nonetheless tasty):

Homer with Caramel KitKat bits

I came across a few other chocolates. The Morinaga bar is plum vinegar flavoured; it actually tasted like a liqueur chocolate.

Aero and Morinaga Chocolate Bars

and these snacks.

Homer with Tabasco Corn Puff Thingies

Of course, this brought to mind the following bit of dialogue from Homer's last visit to Japan:

At Sumo Stadium, Homer and Bart are among the spectators. A sumo wrestler sprinkles salt on the ring. Homer eats a soft pretzel.
Homer:    Mmm, fifty-dollar pretzel. Hey, what's Baby Huey doing?
Bart:     [reading a folded piece of paper] It says here they throw salt
          before they wrestle to purify the ring.
Homer:    [looks at his pretzel, then walks in the ring to the wrestler] Spare
          some salt, Tubby?
Wrestler: Tubby? [Japanese, subtitled:] The name "Tubby" is hurtful, as my
          weight problem is glandular. Are you going to eat that? [takes
          pretzel from Homer] Yoink.
Homer:    Hey, that's mine!

The corn puff thingies were tasty, but not as hot as I would have liked.

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