Greetings from the business center of the Shigatze hotel. Shigatze is a complete dust bowl right now. Every sidewalk is ripped up in preparations for the celebrations in early July. Based on my casual assessment, I don’t think they’re going to make it. They still…
The trip is going really well so far, and there are too many incredible experiences going on to try to squeeze them into blog posts through this soda straw of an internet connection. I do wish to report, however, on the local hooch: “Chaang.” This…
I write from the upscale “pay-in shower lounge” at the Hong Kong international airport. At first we were confused about the setup, but it all became simple very quickly. The key is to accept that we’re from the backwater sticks of the world, and that…
Jen and I are taking a trip to Tibet, and I’ve been asked more than a few times: “Why Tibet?” It’s one of those difficult questions because it’s absolutely simple and clear to me why we’re going – but for a dozen different reasons. Teasing…
Taking a break from the heavy, political stuff for an evening. I’m on the road today, staying at my favorite Bed and Breakfast in Baltimore. It’s so comfortable and nice that I just want to talk about hospitality for a bit. Generally, I’m a Marriott…
A recent post, on The Pain, When Will It End said this: I’m also fascinated by, and admire, the relationship between the Egyptian people and its army—the passionate respect of the people for its army, the loyalty of the army to the people–so unlike our…
I love these: Dear Dr. Insert Name Here Seasonal Greetings, I am introducing myself as Prof. Somebody, Head ,Division of Bioinformatics, A. University, A., TN, India. I am going to organize an International Symposium on Bioinformatics and systems Biology on 16-17 Feb 2011. I noted…
Last week I was in MI for redmeds med school 10 year reunion. We spent the whole trip driving back and forth to see various family and friends. Logged 800 miles on the rental car in four days. Hung out with two different sets of…
Airports are depressing places. They fill me with the urge to depart. If I can’t depart soon enough, the only logical thing to do is to drink alcohol and play on the internet. It’s a vicious cycle. Oh well. At least I’m not trying to…
First off: Rogue Farm is a pretty awesome Sci Fi story. redmed and I just got back from Ohio, where we attended the wedding of robotify to Emily (who, if she’s on LJ – I don’t know about it). It was a small wedding, perhaps…