Now I leave illustrations of my column to my daughters.

The first daughter is in charge of the columns about English, but the second daughter take a rest for another column, because she is a student preparing for an exam.

So I am doing the drawing alternatively, but it is too difficult for me.

I plead with the first daughter to make the concept and under drawing of my columns.

After that, I make line drawing and painting after all.

When I submit the line drawing to my daughter, she cannot accept my works at all.

"You don't understand the concept. It is the worst work. O.K. O.K. I will draw it again."

My line drawing is modified to her style, and is changing it for another work.

"You don't have to scold me so hard."

"If I go wrong, what do you on earth?"

I could not say anything, and I was just looking at my daughter's working with my head down.

My family makes family photo of New Year's card every year, but my wife and I use the photo only.

My daughters has made the pictures of the card by themselves since a few years ago.

The reason why my wife and I insist on the photo, is not for a good way to inform our acquaintances the state of our family, but just a chance to make a family photo.

Family photos are very interesting, if being set out .

Though the people who get my cards, might be interested in my daughter's growing-up, I am fun of watching my "aged deterioration".

For me, the family photo is a kind of fixed point observation.

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Unfortunately, the spirit of my family becomes low year after year.

Yesterday, for example, I noticed that it was a routing work that we just went to the pass at a hill nearby and took a photo by a digital camera.

But once we starts the event, they begin to propose new pose ,go crazy and "get high". It is also our annual event.

"Golden Slumber" is Isaka Koutaro-san's work, whose content is "a man who has been the false charge of a prime minister assassin in a national conspiracy, escapes and fights against the power, while being surrounded by people around me" is clearly "masterpiece".

This is the story that both my daughter and I watched the movie.

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I knew a theater company "Caramel Box" when I watched the stage whose title "Time you were, and Time I will go" on the TV by chance at the business hotel in the late night, and I decided

to go see the stage by the time I die.

I have made up my mind since more than 10 years ago.

By the way, the next day, I could not work at all because of lack of sleep.

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The other day, I said "How about are we all going to a theater in Shimokitazawa ?" and the daughter who remembered it, played the best trump of

"a theater company "Caramel Box"" plays

"Golden Slumber"

There was no reason why I could not catch it.

However the final chance of Tokyo stage seemed to be on the 25th December.

I was afraid that "It might be too hard to get the tickets without miracle", however, I admitted her to start the process. As a result, she got the entry.

D:"When is good for you?"

Ebata:"Any day, any time is O.!".

D:"How about your work?"

Ebata:"Never mind my work!"

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Now, some seats seem to be available.

Hurry up, if you want to get the ticket.

(To be continued)

Since the last year, we decided "Theatergoing is our Christmas event" in my family.

This year, my senior daughter(SD), wife and I went to the theater "Caramel Box" that was the same theatrical group. Second daughter was absent since she went on a school trip.

Last year, the title was "Golden Slumber", which was a super-well-known literary work presented by Isaka Koutarou-san. On the other hand, this year's title is "Tears Line".

I felt anxious a little, because of the full original work. However it is "Caramel Box" as is to be expected.

This work was perfect!

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In a restaurant, senior daughter and I exchanged impressions with the play.

Ebata:"Student plays are not bad for me. But their plays are apt to include "ideology" and "politics". They seem to be sermonical"

SD: "It's unreasonable to set changes too. They try to explain about the background just to read lines. or push ahead with long monologize"

Ebata:"That's right. They force guest to understand the background by the strong hand. I want to ask them not to force the guests to your negligence.

SD:"Compared with that, the professional theater company is great. We don't have to worry about "any interval of their silent".

Ebata:"I want to say "Well done!". the stability is valuable. I don't want to care of "forget their lines" or "trick by their ad lib".The price of ticket pays for that. But the ticket is expensive isn't it?"

SD:"No way! The price is reasonable, because.."

Ebata:"Don't say any more. I know well"

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"Theater management", about the mess of biz. model, if you want to know it, I would to recommend to read the book

"Theater!" written by Arikawa Hiro-san

When I was in the family overseas trip, I borrowed this book from SD, and read it.

My memory of itinerary is missing while reading that book.

My wife gets angry with daughters who are walking around in an untidy manner(euphemistic expression).

However, they always plead not guilty, with saying "Papa does the same thing doesn't he?".

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I am sorry but, the Ebata's top priority is "logical activity"

So,

"Men are O.K."

"Parents are allowed in exceptional circumstances"

These phrase are not allowed. Because they are illogical reasoning.

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Thus, I absolutely have to wear a night-clothes after taking a bath.

However, the night-clothes is awfully cheerless, like, "an elder wears in a hospital".

My wife has already got a cheerful night-clothes for me, and recommended me to wear it, but I have not tried it.

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"Harassment", of course, it is not.

The night-clothes "an elder wears in a hospital" is really comfortable (and a little expensive).

However, I am wondering why the providing company doesn't intend to make them flamboyant in design. Is there something reason for it ?

It may be that it is a sort of "beauty of form".

It is time to submit a 3Q patent. For me, "Chripa" is not a Christmas party, but a Christmas patent (patent).

I wrote the above phrase in 2002, however, now I am doing exactly the same thing.

"No progress", I am afraid.

How long will the company keep using me, as a patent writer?

Well, I might be useless only this way, except for "patent specification manufacturing machine in Ozenji".

"Now is the time to be patient so that we can have a good next year!"

This was shouted in the spring and summer.

And now...

"Now is the time to be patient so that we can have a good 2021"

Well, I think the critical difference between now and when the emergency was declared is that the "new corona cure" and the "new corona vaccine" are now in scope.

Indeed, if these are developed, we can go back to the time when there was no new coronavirus, "to some extent".

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However, I feel nervous.

I can't help but be concerned about the unusually strong infectivity of this virus.

Besides, viruses have a strategy of surviving by mutating.

Even if a "new corona cure" and a "new corona vaccine" are installed, I don't think the virus can be completely eradicated.

Ultimately, I believe that these effects come down to a "matter of proportion".

The "matter of proportion" is "the number of sick must be controlled to the extent that it does not cause medical collapse"

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So, I think that

From now on, we will live our whole life in such a way that "being alone" is "daily life" and "gathering with others" is "extraordinary life".

"Let's face it, people"

I think it's okay to start saying things like that now.

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Oh, I just saw the news that 'approval of Avigan until the end of this year, has been postponed'.

One more thing broke my heart.

Cao Cao", who appears (basically as a villain) in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, seems to be famous as a human resources enthusiast.

He collected all kinds of people who were skilled in military valor, art, and technology, as well as military strategists.

However I think that

"What was he going to do with a bunch of military strategists?"

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A military strategist is a person who advises the monarch or general commanding an army on strategic command.

I think that if there were many such people, all of whom had different opinions, monarchs and generals would have a hard time planning their strategies.

General Eisenhower, who planned the Normandy landings, said, "I will not accept the command of the operation unless I alone am the final decision-maker.

(I haven't been able to find any evidence of this.) I was also told that the core of Microsoft's Windows OS is basically built by a team of a few people.

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It is a common practice for organizations to put people into a team that is in a death march, but it causes a lot of confusion in the field.

This is because the cost of training new members takes up a lot of the team's resources.

I was put on such a flaming team once, but I didn't do anything because I wasn't ordered to -- for three months, actually.

Over the past three months, I have been able to study the Linux kernel code at length.

Of course, I had to make up some random story to report at the regular briefing.

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I believe that the majority of the military strategists gathered by Cao Cao were also doing random things to earn their stipends.

Because, after all, there are only about three military strategists for Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and those three are usually the ones who propose the strategy.

In psychology and economics, theories (mathematical formulas and logic) are developed by considering human beings as homo economicus -- people who act only on the basis of "economic rationality" and in an "individualistic" manner.

However, when OSS (Open Source Software) came along, the essay "Kyan and Bazaar" presented the argument that this image of the human being, at least for software engineers, "may not be true.

To sum up this essay in a few words,

"People will act even if no profit is gained"

Specifically,

"Engineers release their proprietary source code to the world even if they don't get paid for it"

as their behavior.

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I also publish shoddy source code on my blog, however in my case, the reason is

"I wouldn't feel comfortable if I didn't give a little back with my programs in return for the software the world gave me for free."

I have "no" desire to actively contribute to the world. It is "nothing" at all.

To begin with, I don't feel that I am benefiting from the world.

However, I would like to give back to this world in a big way, because I have benefited greatly from the software world within that world.

That aside.

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Every day we often feel helpless regarding conflicts and tragedies around the world -- this year, in particular, has been a painful reminder of that.

I did not expect to be shown the "imperialist paradigm (of war and conflict based on imperialism)" that was popular around the first half of the last century (1930-50) in this century.

I thought the lame paradigm of "imperialism" had been abandoned long ago, but I realize that it is still valid.

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I am sure there are ways to balance one's peace of mind by over-blaming one's own helplessness or offering exorbitant donations in response to such a situation.

However, in my case.

"Do what I can and give up what I can't"

"When I can do it, I start doing it, and when I don't like it, I run away"

I live my life thinking that this level of "lightness" is the key to not turning away from the tragedies of the world and continuing to face them.

Anyway, I am doing what I can to "save money" and "save energy" and "publish shoddy programs".

Since yesterday, there have been news reports that "the whole country of Japan is panicking because of snow damage," so I panicked and changed my tires at noon today.

Fortunately, the weather was good in my area.

Not only for money but also for the peace of mind of knowing I can change a tire whenever I think of it.

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I do not drive my automobile when it is snowing or still snowing.

I have a lot of trauma going in the snow.

- Collision on the way home from ski resort

- An incident in which a truck almost hit a car coming right in front of the driver after he had a slip-flip stop in the middle of the highway.

- An incident in which a car that left the eldest daughter alone skidded, crashed, and stopped in front of a home.

I can't tell you how often I have almost died driving in the snow.

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I will not take the car out if it is snowing, even if my wife or daughter asks me to.

I tell my family, 'Walk while russelling,' 'Call when you leave the station,' and 'Activate your GPS service.

If a rescue call comes in, I will carry my winter gear, food, and drinking water in my backpack and go to my family's rescue.

These things are sometimes no joke in a place called the Minamitama area of Tokyo.