Welcome to small town America. Where anything is possible. Rents are cheap. Politics are confusing. And love goes to die.
The annual sandhill crane migration is underway, and this weekend, I drove out to Kearney, NE to go check it out. It turns out I’m not really built to be a bird watcher, which is to say, I’m not good at waking up early. Daylight savings time didn’t really help matters. It also turns out [...]
gatos de Toledo It’s Wednesday and changes are afoot. Things are coming up milhouse. Not really ready to reveal anything yet, so instead, let me distract you with pictures of cats. Rawr!
woman with grandson, Lijiang, China Photographic spring cleaning. I’ve been sitting on quite a few photos from various trips, etc. that I never got around to posting because it was just too painful to process them with an ancient Mac mini G4 with a mere 1GB of RAM. Old Lijiang city in China was one [...]
old man with a cane, Lijiang, China This is what I feel like after this particular week of employment. On the other hand, if my facial hair looks that amazing some day, sign me up. I may have to stop shaving for the rest of my life beginning… now. The WSJ quotes Bernanke as saying: [...]
Another great weekend in Gunnison, CO. My talk was not as good as it could have been, but not as bad as it could have been either. Overall, it seemed to have gotten a good reception though, and audience participation was high, which is always gratifying as a speaker. I give myself a B+. I [...]
If only he were puking Sour Patch Kids. Torre Agbar and La Sagrada Familia This lizard is everywhere. Personally, I found it a little underwhelming. Love the argyle though! This is probably what I look like all the time. Except I’m, you know, Asian, so I’ve got that sweet stereotype going for me, which is [...]
Math turns me on too. We spent a half day wandering around la Sagrada Familia, designed by Gaudi. One of the cooler cathedrals I’ve ever been to, and it’s not even completed yet. I loved how much Gaudi borrowed from nature in his designs, from plant morphology to placing fruits on top of the [...]
Slicing a sliver of delicioso. Traditional Spanish breakfast: a full cup of chocolate with churros. No, I also don’t know why the entire country hasn’t died of diabetes yet. Absolutely delightful. Beep! Back for a few days and I’m already missing eating tapas for every meal.
To properly picture the Cortes Ingles, start with Macy’s, but then stack a Best Buy on top, then a Crate & Barrel on top of that, a Home Depot design center on top of that, and put the entire stack onto a Whole Foods. There are probably other stores in there too; I only visited [...]