Miscellaneous Observations

There are a few essential things in life:
      screw drivers (you seldom use them for their intended purpose)
      duct tape (no explanation needed)
      spring clips (those large clothes pin type clamps)
      Neosporin and Tylenol (for those accidents that occur when using the items above)

The smaller the house, the more puzzle like it becomes.  As the accumulation of items increase, their storage never occurs in linear orderly fashion.  Walking through the house becomes like a halloween corn maze.

Freedom of speech is no longer tolerated, you may not like what they say (most likely offended). but at least you know what they are thinking.  Muffling their spoken words mask their unspoken thoughts.

A manager recently said that all relationships are based off of two things, love and power.  I don't see a lot of love out there.

Comedy has become self righteous.

I have never been a multi tasker.  I admit I can only do one thing at a time.  The difference being doing a lot of things not very well or only one thing not very well.

Power is seductive.

The hair I lose on top of my noggin appear randomly on other parts of my body.

The end times are often portrayed as this apocalypse type event.  It seems like it is more like the frog in the pot.  As the temperature gradually increases, the frog does not know it is slowly boiling to death.

Hazardous to Your Health

Found myself at Tokyo Central in Gardena and came across this:  Japanese TP

Pink, 2ply, 18 rolls and two holes on top to carry.

What is disturbing is the cancer warning on the back (yellow triangle).

Finally

Guess what occurred today for the first time in three months.

Newly washed barber cape for each customer, UV sanitized tools, disinfected chair, hand sanitizer upon leaving, alcohol based water spray, trimming around my mask, barber wearing her mask and I exit a few pounds lighter.  😀

Old, Grumpy and Not That Unique

Apparently Im not that unique, there seems to be a lot of us curmudgeons out there.  He has become one of my favorite cartoonists.  Not sure if he gets a lot of exposure outside of the JA community, or even within.  Neal Yamamoto in the Discover Nikkei publication

Korean Toilet Paper

On our trip to Little Tokyo on Memorial Day to take some photos at the JA National War Memorial, we took a detour to what used to be Yaohan.   I have been searching for my cousin in Ohio, for some vitamin supplements that she can no longer get.  The store is located somewhere in that shopping center, but closed due to Covid 19.  Our detour took us to the Japanese market that is apparently owned by a Korean company.   At least I assume so due to half the products are Korean.  We had a great time exploring through the display of the side dishes they serve you at the Korean tofu houses.  But for the first time in months I saw a full display of TP.

At first I thought it was like at Costco, you get excited to see pallets of what looks like TP from the distance only to find out it is paper towels.  Not wanting to use a shopping cart (in theory it limits what she can put in the basket and no, it didn't work) I trudged through the market following the wife as she wandered through the aisles with the TP in my arms and a  overloaded hand basket of groceries.  I was afraid if I put down the TP, it would somehow disappear into someone else's shopping cart.  Paper is paper, and it does get heavy not matter how pillowy soft it is.

When we got home I was able to examine my precious purchase of Korean TP (don't ask how much it cost).

30 rolls, 

3 ply DECO (wow, beats Charmin)

Embossing and Soft Touch (flowers, bees and dimples)

100% Pure and natural (never occurred to me that it could be synthetic)

 A handle to carry the TP (too late, I already squeezed the TP.)

If I knew there was a handle I might have bought two.

Trend Setters

I couldn't tell if this was a fashion statement or a companion of wearing blouses inside out.

Uh, Mrs. Wada, are those supposed to match, just like your socks....... She will kill me when she hears about this post.  😀

Background In Front

Bacon Sakatani is one of those who is always in the background.  You would typically see him running around with his camera documenting events like the Memorial day ceremony at the Japanese American National War Memorial Court in Little Tokyo.  It was last year I remember him scurrying around in the background shooting photos.  I soon met him at another event and found out he is a proud Korean War veteran.  This morning (Memorial Day 2020) I ran into him as he was bringing flowers, to take photos and send to those who could not make it.  It's those little things that makes an impact.