Category Archives: Personal
Still in Japan.
Back to Japan for the second time; exactly one year after the last time and feeling much better physically than the last time. (I got sick just before leaving Singapore then.) My visit this time around was not planned as … Continue reading
Whither Kilgore Trout.
Kurt Vonnegut passed away last night; the NY Times has a wonderful informative obituary to the writer who was probably my favorite of all. I came to Vonnegut rather late in life; that is if you compare it with that … Continue reading
Making progress. Of sorts.
Think I have the basic layout back in place though there are still some rough edges. I also imported some Blogger entries from earlier this month, though it is ling and painful. No luck using the conversation tricks available on … Continue reading
Putting Humpy Dumpty together again
Ok. I finally figured out what was going on with my blogging client. So I am back to blogging with MovableType instead of Blogger… I still have to rebuild everything from scratch though, including the template for the site. Though … Continue reading
Holiday efforts.
Right now I am reading War Made New (Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today) by Max Boot. Interesting read while I wait for my 2nd copy of The War of the World by Niall Ferguson. I … Continue reading
Queen city.
In Toronto the Good for the week. The Switzerland of the North that we love to hate. The big question right now is “do I put on the Montreal Canadiens shirt” that I brought to town “and wear it at … Continue reading
It lives.
Apparently my PowerBook lives. Turns out it was still under warranty after all. The logic board was swapped out for the 5th(?) time. Should have it back tomorrow. Throws a wrench in to my plans to replace it with a … Continue reading
Missive from the front.
Memorable swims include making jokes with my Mah about Shamu the whale from SeaWorld, and my bestfriend Shannon and the two Ashleys and a denommé Bubbaloo…. Figure 6 hours class plus 6 hours study per week plus the 58.5 hours work (w/ strike pay) plus 12.5 hours combined commute and that doesn’t leave much time for anything else.
Too much. Too little.
Too much energy drinks to make it through the day…. Too little time for other pursuits.
Vroom.
Off to the Grand Prix for day two of my volunteering. They have me playing guard dog for the VIP section.