I finally caved and went to the doctor for a regular check up. This is earth shattering news for some of you and long awaited news for others. My physical went OK and my new doctor seems like a nice guy. Not sure about his sense of humor yet. I need someone who laughs at my jokes while they are telling me something is wrong…
November 4, 201425 years ago, the Berlin wall fell on November 9, 1989. Who would have thought that I’d be there 8 months later touring with a high school group from Texas. In honor of that celebration, I thought I’d post a map of what freshly-reunited Germany looked like in 1990 when I was there. Perhaps next year on the 25th anniversary of my trip I’ll post…
November 3, 2014Last night’s Doctor Who was pretty awesome in an awesome season. It’s interesting to me how people have reacted to the big reveal of Missy’s true origins (no spoilers here). I can’t believe that people who have watched a show over 50 years about a character who changes everything about them get shocked and/or dismayed over this particular plot twist. I guess we still have…
November 2, 2014Coming on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake, yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the largest quake I have felt outside of California. Daniel and I were just beginning our second trip to Japan in 2004 and had just gotten back to the hotel after running some errands. We went to an Internet Cafe so I could arrange to meet…
October 24, 2014I love me a good Airline Safety video, and lately Air New Zealand has really had the best ones. THis one with Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor, Peter Jackson, and Elijah Wood is fun to watch..
October 22, 2014