My kidney stone medical bill

American healthcare system, documented. 7-hour stay at an emergency room for a kidney stone. One CT scan, four doses of pain meds, a plastic container to catch the stone.

$17,687.48.

My insurance paid $7,868.33. The hospital wrote off $9,494.15. I paid $325.00 out of pocket. pic.twitter.com/cLKCwfmkQe

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 17, 2019

2019 Japanese police parade

Breathtaking. H/t @rchen.

Ed's 1983 Mercedes 300D

This is a wonderful video by KBB's Micah Muzio, going over Ed's fast diesel.

Two top tweets from this week

Both regarding Acuras!

The ZDX was ahead of its time. pic.twitter.com/7rh7HMegZO

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 11, 2019

Breaking: We spent 7 hours yesterday in a non-minivan/SUV and it was totally fine. pic.twitter.com/Xo0jWMv8Lj

— Tamerlane's Thoughts (@TamerlaneBlog) November 11, 2019

Eating the Globe: East Timor

Before I bought this coffee, I double checked that the coffee was indeed from East Timor rather than the Indonesian part of Timor.

This coffee, unlike other Teasia's offerings, was actually pretty tasty!

Countries tried so far:
Africa: Algeria, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vatican City
North America: Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago, USA
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Oceania: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga

1929 stock market crash

I need a 100 Series Land Cruiser badly!

My lease ends in March 2020.

Riding in a Waymo AV

Article here.

Documentary on driving in Papua New Guinea

This series is amazing. I've watched PNG, Congo, and Philippines already today.

Let's see what's going on in Hong Kong

A fireman got mad at the police for firing a tear gas canister at his truck.