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Month: February 2005
Oz-tralia
So Jonathan and I were in Australia at around the same time in the summer of 2004. It sounds like were actually in the same cities at around the same times as well, but we never met up there. However, he was much better about posting his thoughts than I was. I wanted to pick up on his mention of Afghans (minor quibble, “Afghani” is an adjective, “Afghan” is a noun) in Australia. They have a long history in Oz, and the “new” Ghan rail line is named after them. There’s more under the fold, but it’s image heavy, and…
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Hey folks. Sorry I’ve been MIA for so long. After my Thanksgiving message, my computer suffered a thermonuclear meltdown. Being a Mac, the problem as an unavoidable hardware failure. Fortunately, being a Mac, it was easy, although time-consuming, to recover my data. Said data also included all of my friend’s wedding pictures (I was photo dump during his wedding), as well as two chapters of my dissertation that were due. I managed to recover everything but the two most recent drafts of the dissertation. This situation lead to increased pressure on deadlines, then came finals and grading. During the holiday…