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I'm glad you have a sense of humor about it. That's probably the only way to get through stuff like this. At least you know you can visit Japan. Almost every toilet has a bidet. Almost every public restroom has an accessible stall (or an entirely separate bathroom).

I really enjoy the podcast Reply All. There's a two part episode called Long Distance, episodes #102 and #103, that's really entertaining.

There's also a podcaster I like named Sam Fragoso. His show is called Talk Easy, and he does a lot of really great interviews. He does an insane amount of research on each guest.

I love the audiobook for The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater. The narration, by Will Patton, is excellent. It's low fantasy, mostly in this world, and YA, but the writing is far more sophisticated than most YA. It's light. Pure entertainment.

My favorite authors right now are Donna Tartt and George Saunders.

I've also been watching stand-up on Netflix almost nonstop, lately. Hannah Gadsby is my favorite. Oh, and that Netflix series that Barak Obama did called Our Great National Parks was really, really good.

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