So I wrote awhile back about my internet solution for my temporary home and how fantastic it is. Well, I ran into a problem: it has a 3GB per month limit and I hit the limit last week. I’d been careful for the most part, but there’s a slight problem with iTunes: when I connect [...]
I must come out of the closet: I am a spelling and grammar Taliban. Maybe that’s a bit too dramatic. I’m not perfect and I do take shortcuts along the way. Ultimately my goal is to communicate ideas—and each as clear as possible. I’ve ceded some strict middle- and high-school rules. I’m not as insistent [...]
As I noted yesterday (for the umpteenth time), Weimar is in love with Goethe and Schiller. It also fancies itself as the European Capital of Culture—which is was nearly a decade ago in 1999. The trappings of refinement are everywhere you go in Weimar—Goethe and Schiller are fêted as heroes, art museums are celebrated, and [...]
Lunch today could have been a scene from Bear Cub, a rapid-fire Spanish flick about a bear and his bear-friends. The Chief Bear was left his nephew to raise when the nephew’s Mother did something really stupid in a foreign country. Great film, but back to lunch. It could have been a scene from Bear [...]
Apparently I wasn’t the only person texting/smsing in America… protesters are using it as a tool in New York City. If you have a cell phone and can text me, let me know… I’ve been known to send text messages when on the road.