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Assaulting Halle

(With apologies to my German readers for the post’s title.)

I arrived in Halle, birthplace of Händel, shortly before 1 and checked into my hotel, which is about as close to the train station as one can get without sleeping on the tracks—and then headed into the city to explore and eat lunch. It was […]

Random Tidbits

1) I need to thank Sebastian profusely for his comment on T-Com. Telling me how to switch Voicemail into English, as well as the helpful “36” command that will immediately stop 75% of the calls—voicemail calls that told me somebody called but did not leave a message.

2) I have a sleek new fridge—it was […]

Babblings of an Idiot

I’m not sure, but I think I might be getting sick again – so much so that if I hadn’t had a mountain of work to do today I would have stayed in bed and slept it off. Instead I shared my germs with the office and finished the major project, whilst starting another project […]

London Plans

So whilst I am going to the UK to have several meetings (London, Cheltenham), meetings will not be the only thing I do whilst there.

I fully plan on having fun with a trip to the Tate Modern (and a ride down its famous slides), doing a London Walk, or two, and whatever else can […]

Blah…

I have one of those colds/sore throats where I feel slightly disembodied—you know the type. There’s always a stuffy nose and a vague disassociated headache attached and one feels like sleeping—a lot.

On the plus side, I managed to get a lot of the project out of the way—the mindless part, staring at the computer […]

Tea, Sweaters, and Bed

I woke up this morning with a worse sore throat than I went to bed with, but given that three different people had recommended that I gargle with salt water (and I had), it could have been worse.

Accordingly, I stayed home today, seeking the warm refuge of hot tea, comfy sweaters, and bed—but not […]

Hoosier Trip Summary

Road Warning

Originally uploaded by elmada.

So, I never really talked that much about my trip to Bloomington. The first two nights I was really busy, and the last night I was ill, then on the way back on the plane, the screw came out of my glasses and I wasn’t able to […]

Chicken Noodle Soup for…

I was mighty depressed this morning when poking around my pantry looking for chicken noodle soup—I would have sworn I had at least one can left over, and it was what I needed to combat my current cold, which knocked me flat out last night: my head was on fire while my feet were stuck […]

Home Sick

I had a terrific trip home. Seat 10A in coach is as close to Business Class as one can get without paying the full $6,000 for a nicer meal, lay-flat bed, and bigger personal video monitor.

The trip was enhance by the presence of a flight attendant who was outbound on her last trip before […]

Home Ill

So I seem to have a mild cold / sore throat when I woke up (Thanks to MT for sharing over 4,600 miles), so I stayed home and read Betty Friedan‘s book, The Feminine Mystique.

I was shocked to find out that women do not find staying at home preggers and cooking all the time […]