Archive for August, 2007
Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Productivity would be nice. Musical taste would be nice too.
But I don’t got that right now. Must work harder. Here’s a question for you: can you sensibly judge musical taste? I say no, but after thinking, I’ll go with yes, provided that the Facebook question Mr. Barefoot references is rephrased as “do you think most people would say you have good taste in music?” […]
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
On Vacations
A vacation, of course, being that thing from which I am just returned. Well, sorta. I have a few more days off to get over soul lag. Photos will probably pop up in the Flickr stream soon. For now, some notes. I think three weeks (more or less) was exactly the right amount of time […]
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
Greece in pictures, accompanied by words
A few days in, and Syros is still paradise. Instead of getting all the cuisines of the world, you get one cuisine, and the world’s best watermelon. Instead of a thousand options at night, you get maybe a dozen, but I personally recommend the one where you listen to the crickets and the goat-bells from […]
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Monday, August 6th, 2007
My vacation can beat up your vacation
So I’m in Greece. The trip here was relatively unpleasant. We traveled through YVR, Schipol in Amsterdam, and after a 1-day layover, on to Athens. Athens International is notable because they completely replaced the airport shortly before the Olympics: new location, completely new facility. It’s a sadder, cheaper-looking affair than either of the other two, […]
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Maybe a new packing record
With a dressed weight of about 30 pounds, almost all of my luggage fits into a single bag, which, had I needed to, I could probably force through as carry-on. The biggest impediment to that is my need to carry things like 350 mL of contact lens fluid, which, thanks to the forces of evil, […]