So it was at 10.47 AM on the 27th morning of the 4th month in the year 2009, they lowered their arms and the carnage had ceased ( Read more... )

Deathmarch Update:

It seems at 4 AM I've reached the end of my brainpower endurance test. No matter how hard I stare at this screen, words aren't appearing. At least, not where they're meant to. I imagine, waxing quixotic about the (economic) absurdities of Velika Kladusa's Agrokomerc situation as well as how UN arms embargoes screwed over the ( Read more... )

The Bosnian-Croat Federation finds itself between a rock and quite the hard place.

In other news, the deathmarch continues. NaTheWriMo proceeds at a blistering pace and I find I'm already at 30 pages of material and I've only covered a third of the topic. Oh, jeez.

I'd heard talk about the Susan Boyle phenomenon and I guess my take on it, in addition to what everyone else has already said about it, is that in today's age with all these internet memes going around and whipping through the web like wildfire, it's nice to have one come along that is an unabashed and selfless celebration of someone. It wasn't ( Read more... )

I know the question burning at the front of all your brains is: what on earth is this young bachelor of a college student up to on a Saturday night during Spring Break?

The answer:

He has a hot date...with his thesis!

Don't worry, she's brought wine. (And chocolate chip cookies? WTF?) We should be fine.

SPRING BREAK, W00T!!!

Balkan Round-up:

Studies find Bulgarians the third heaviest smokers in the EU. Just wait till Bosnia enters the pool, (though that might not happen for another decade at this pace).

PM Thaci is a Wizard.

Macedonia sets itself up for the biggest case of election fraud in a European state. A confused voter, IMO, is just as capable of rioting as ( Read more... )

Had another one of those foreign language dreams last night. This one, however, was only in French and English, but nonetheless featured an intriguing cross-selection of acquaintances on both sides of the Atlantic.

Now, I'm off to the bar for a little half-time in between bouts with the thesis

3 forms of precipitation in as many hours with a clear sky at present. Sometimes I forget why I love New England ( Read more... )

A weekend well-spent down in Princeton, NJ. Regarding high-school friends, it's amazing how much things have changed. And how much they haven't. All in all, extremely satisfying adventures all around ( Read more... )

I'm on Disc 4 (of 4) in Season 2 of The Sopranos and find myself duly impressed. The high art/low art thing continues, and there are times when I just want to be like "just tell the fucking story" but when the story does get told, it is an absolute joy to watch ( Read more... )