hirohurl in #alive • 3 days agoGoodbye SFI! Why I'm Done After 17 Years With My First "Biz Op" Program! LOL!Today's walkie-talkie video is all about a big change that SFI announced at the beginning of the month! Although "SFI" is still going to be around, I'm not hanging around with…hirohurl in #alive • 5 days agoMy Latest Language Teaching Venture: German Language Classes and Blog for the Japanese MarketA few weeks ago I blogged about how I was using ChatGPT to create an English language study blog for online teaching:hirohurl in #hive-147010 • 6 days agoIroha Karuta 17a: "Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter"In the picture that illustrates the proverb, the dude in the brown kimono has just given a gift whirohurl in #hive-147010 • 8 days agoWe Take A Break From English Class... To Have A Chess Party!My first year students are getting keen on chess, so today I told them that as soon as whirohurl in #alive • 9 days agoFour Days At Home - Upgrading My Online Business While Ignoring The Goings On OutdoorsFor the last four days I have had no appointments or teaching commitments at all - nothing except dinner out with the Mrs last night. Apart from that one notable exception, I…hirohurl in #alive • 10 days agoThe Rainman, the Frog, and the ... Willow! 🐸Earlier this week I blogged about receiving a souvenir "frog-bun" ("kaeru manju") from a student who had just come back from a trip to Nagoya. In the blog post, which you can…hirohurl in #alive • 11 days agoTraffic Exchange Success Secrets 2025 Out Now!I'm enjoying a four day break right now. No teaching commitments or any other appointments for four lovely days! Just over the road from where I live, a new shopping mall has…hirohurl in #alive • 12 days agoNovember Crypto Report: I Hit My 2024 Hive Power Target!Well, November was certainly an eventful month and gave Bitcoin the boost it needed to reach new All Time Highs - culminating today with Bitcoin breaking through the $100,000 ceiling tohirohurl in #hive-147010 • 15 days agoSensei! Here's a Nagoya Frog Bun for You!One of my students went to Nagoya over the weekend and returned with a box of Nagoya sohirohurl rebloggedgeekgirl in #hbd • 16 days agoHBD Interest Payments For November 2024What an incredible month in crypto November has been! I would be lying if I said things couldn't have been better. Bitcoin's price went up by $30k+ in one month and almost broke long waitedhirohurl in #hive-147010 • 16 days agoKaraoke Party at Kokuzenji Temple, Hiroshima![IKUZHKE9CiSSOj5P_Nov2024Temple1.webp](hirohurl in #hive-147010 • 18 days agoHiroshima Bay: A Clear November Seascape from Miyajima to the City![sTuXHp6J3hRHzpBZ_20241128_114828.webp](hirohurl in #hive-157286 • 19 days agoTwo Examples of "Ablenkung" (Distraction / Deflection) in ChessYesterday, I blogged about a chess coaching session I ran earlier this week around the theme of "Ablenkung" or "distraction," also translated as "deflection." The topic was…hirohurl in #hive-147010 • 20 days agoChess and the Art of Distraction!![Uak2VmvTTDEytKsn_AblenkungTrainingNov2024c.webp](hirohurl in #hive-147010 • 23 days agoIroha Karuta 16: Two's Company When You TravelBoth my Japanese Iroha Karuta decks agree that the best proverb to illustrate the 16th syllhirohurl in #alive • 24 days agoHow I Used a Seam Ripper to Make a $17 Thrift-Store Jacket My OwnThis morning I went back to a Japanese thrift store called "Marui Ichi" (Circle One) where, a couple of days ago, I'd seen three D’Urban suits priced at just 2,600 yen (about…hirohurl in #hive-147010 • 26 days agoFrom Sardines to Spicy Miso: A 3-Course Ramen Feast for Less than $11! resigned from what I felt was a winninghirohurl in #hive-147010 • last monthIroha Karuta 15: Are You Looking at the Sky through a Straw?? 🧐Have you ever tried to look at the sky through a straw? Or peered through a small crack between the tips of your index finhirohurl in #hive-147010 • last monthTotoro no Tonari in Nagasaki Shinchi ChinatownFans of Studio Ghibli will be familiar with "Totoro," the gentle
