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Tokyo Marathon 2026

This year I’ve been blessed (or cursed) with another opportunity to run the Tokyo Marathon. Having been fortunate to win the race lottery back in 2024, but unfortunate to come down with diarrhea, this year was my chance for a do-over.

People are drawn to escapist things in commerce, story-telling, in arts, in general… because they’re a little bit disatisfied with the world - as it actually is - and we want to inhabit or physically touch something that feels free from the disappointments of everyday life.

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Source Ryan quoting author Virginia Pastrel on why he is drawn to retrofuturistic things. Cont. Ryan Norbauer, designer and propmaker obsessed with mechanical keyboards Virginia Pastrel, author The Power of Glamour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3FEv1qw4_w

“Behind the immeasurable loss of life is the loss of proof of life”

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Source Instagram Post John Mayer on the LA fires beginning 2025 Full Text This is the most valuable thing I own. It’s a folder of photos of my father, spanning his life from being a baby, an educator, a husband and a father. It’s the only evidence of his life that will exist over time. These are the “documents” you read about people taking from their homes. When you hear someone say they’ve lost everything in a fire, this is much of that everything, if not all of it.