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Get Your Tips In AFL Round 2 Starts Now!

Deadline for entry? All tips must be entered by Thursday March 29th @ 7:50pm (AEDT) Do I need to upvote the post to be eligable? Yes, and this must be a full 10...

🏈National Championship Pick'em Contest | Chance to win SBD | Enter Today!💰

Welcome to the National Championship Pick'em Contest! For this contest with only a one game on deck, I want everyone to pick the Over/Under. Enjoy the game ever...

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Sushi (# 1) – where has my revolving sushi gone?

My first sushi memory is walking past a sushi bar, complete with revolving conveyor belt, in Melbourne when I was 18. Young adults and middle-aged couples dippe...

Design & Build metal and wood shoji influenced doors.

Hello steemians So today I’m gonna take a bunch of scrap wood and rusted metal and make a shoji influence sliding bypass door system. Design influences can come...

🏈NFL Weekly Pick'em Contest | Week #14 | Chance to win SBD!💰

Welcome to the NFL Weekly Pick'em! Deadline - 12:50 PM EST. on 12/10🏈 Contest Rules All contestants are allowed one "bet." All "bets" must be placed by 12:50 P...

5 days to freedom!

Have you ever wanted to quit your job, sell all of your stuff and travel the world? Well that is exactly what my fiance and I are doing. In 5 short days we will...

Positive influences of American culture #1 - NFL leads the way for AFL

North American culture impacts the rest of the world in many ways. That said, many of us born outside the US or Canada accept parts of the culture like Hollywoo...

Christmas dinner in Japan (or anywhere) - be creative!

As many of you already know, Christmas is celebrated on December 24th in Japan, with stores removing all decorations and slashing the price of unsold items on t...

Niigata (Japan) winter getaway - Murakami, Senami Onsen, Sasagawa Nagare

Let's flip a coin; it's your call. HEADS - sunshine and a gentle but chilly sea breeze. Tails - gale force winds, snow, and below freezing. If only life were th...

50 word Story Contest Week #17 - growth

The following poem is my entry. Slightly cryptic. (47 words) Morality Aplomb Knowledge Instinctiveness Niche Gusto Mettle Intuition Speciality Transparency Adve...

Japan - why did you move/settle here?

Just like fashion and music, the travel industry goes through cycles and trends, and I guess today Japan is certainly trendy. Ramen shops are the thing in NYC (...

Ueno Park (Tokyo) - sensory overload

My apologies. There are no pictures included, it's a descriptive post and pretty long one, too (taken from my travel journal). If you've got ten free minutes an...

A Japanese self-introduction (ha-ji-me-ma-shite)

Most people find self-introductions boring, hard to articulate or write, and in many cases unnecessary. However, here in Japan there a must; the first stepping ...