hope you all had a merry christmas, happy hanukkah, or splendid festivus.

ryan will be spending new years in the southern hemisphere; in the falkland islands according to his itinerary. i'll be sure to link if he gets a satellite connection to update his blog.

the pope sends SMS.

the art of luck

martha reminds me about last year in edinburgh, about being abroad, and all that comes with it.

those latvians can drink. (this one's for you elan)

"The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I’ve said too much
I set it up" -REM

if you're looking for housing in manhattan, i can hook you up with a real estate agent at citi-habitats

bonnie scotia. a small glimpse into the graduation revelry.

so it was perfect snowman making weather yesterday. and what better way to spend a sunday afternoon?

crystal and her frosty buddha 'jean-pierre'

me and my...eh...snowthing

let it snow. i woke up today to the sound of a shovel outside. when i looked out my window, the weatherman was right, it was going to snow. and it still is. it's been quite a while since i've seen a snow storm. i think i'll enjoy staying in today and watching it fall.

the day ryan found permalinks.

back at home. 21 hrs of uptime. work tomorrow. too much internal conflict here to capture. bed. sleep.

more goodbyes. it's 5:30am local time. i'm waiting for my flight. i'm tired and would rather stay.

in section title 'misc', my mobile phone worked in the UK but i dared not find out what the rates were. time to fly away...�

more goodbyes. it's 5:30am local time. i'm waiting for my flight. i'm tired and would rather stay.

in section title 'misc', my mobile phone worked in the UK but i dared not find out what the rates were. time to fly away...

less than 24 hrs left in edinburgh. time to recover. the last night out with most of the folks around, ended at the wee red bar.

28 hrs awake with 2 fitfull hrs sleep on a plane. not to mention a long night ahead of me...

something to keep you busy while i'm flying to edinburgh.

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.
- Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

holidays. spent a wonderfully relaxing thanksgiving weekend at my sister's in virginia. i flew with my parents down on thanksgiving morning, and to our surprise, there was no delay and really no extraordinary crowds. mum and dad got to spend more time with their grandson. the little guy seemed a little wary of the bearded men (my dad and me), but got used to it after a day.

tomorrow i leave for edinburgh. it will probably be a hectic week trying to get around to see everyone. claire has already been nice enough to arrange a dinner. nikki and crew will be celebrating her birthday and graduation. and there has been mention of a whisky society event.

then christmas will be here before i know it. seems like i'll have hardly been to work this month.