Dave and I headed to Portland Friday morning to meet Whit and Claire for a day of fun and then reunite with Shadrach for Kleinman Eruption, an annual mixed tournament. Cheer: Lunch at Pok Pok offered distinctive and delicious Thai. I quite enjoyed my tamarind whiskey sour, the roasted game hen and the desserts—we sampled [...]
I avoided coffee addiction for much of my life. I refused to drink it as an aid to staying awake during college (and subsequently fell asleep far too much during class). I stuck to tea while I worked at Harvey Mudd for two years after graduation. My coffee consumption was limited, for the most part, [...]
Finding a new place to live is hard. Seriously. This is why I love Web 2.0: Hi, Carlos d'Avis. Hammer (MCHammer) is now following your updates on Twitter. Check out Hammer's profile here: http://twitter.com/MCHammer Best, Twitter Sometimes, mostly while eating triple cream Brie, I have a difficult time with the dilemma presented at Paganello two [...]
There is a young woman who is living the dream. And that young woman is Gwyneth Stokes. She worked in Zug, Switzerland last summer, riding horses and nannying for a lovely Swiss family out in the countryside. She ran around in the mountains, admiring the beautiful lake, and her social activity eventually initiated a connection [...]
My intent is to accelerate the process of documenting my trip to Europe by providing vignettes accompanied by photographs. Here is my first attempt. I stayed in London with a Hook teammate from Paganello 2007. My gracious host was Alexander Dunnett, more commonly known as Stylish. This peerless fellow studies Energy Systems Engineering at Imperial [...]
I have had this post waiting in the wings for some time now. I keep trotting out this fantastical story to friends---it even came out at Thanksgiving. I figure the time is right to support my wild leporid tale with hard facts. I first read of Karl Szmolinsky in an interview in Viceland. This champion [...]
Check out this series of photographs of people and their breakfasts by John Huck. The photographs are beautifully taken, sure, but the subject matter is just so compelling. One photo presents only cigarettes and coffee as a woman's repast. I feel sad that she doesn't eat more but the emotion is quickly followed by self-reproach [...]
