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Cake day: August 16th, 2024

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  • Realizing how spoiled my dogs are with their two giant-ass crates taking up a third of my living room.

    Anyway, crates are great to have. People who have never used them tend to unfairly look down on them–dogs generally like their crates. It’s their safe space/den/bedroom. I use wire crates, but I bought canopies/curtains to make them cozy.







  • I’m an American, but when I lived in Japan, I needed to go to the doctor a few times. Honestly, the experience isn’t great aside from it being cheap.

    For example, I herniated a disc in my neck at one point and needed to go to the emergency department. I got there just after 10:00 a.m. and was told that they stop accepting patients at 10:00. “Fortunately”, I was unable to hold my head up straight, so they decided to see me anyway. The appointment was just over the equivalent of $20 at the time. They prescribed a muscle relaxer and sent me on my way. The prescription could be filled a block or two away and was pretty quick and only cost about 10 bucks. (Edit: I should note that this was a very temporary solution. The problem lasted for years.)

    Another time, I went to a clinic to try to get a sinus infection treated. I had/have a history of chronic sinus infections. Despite speaking pretty good Japanese and having a dictionary with me, I could not get them to understand the concept of a sinus infection. They put me on a nebulizer and then sent me home. Obviously not helpful. Don’t remember what it cost.