So Eve reminds me that this Facebook thing still exists. I should probably read my friends feed more often. And when did Russian become the default language?

We've been in Malaysia since Tuesday and are very happy so far.
First, a thanks to brinylon for hanging out with us in Amsterdam all day Monday and to bishopjoey and lastgirlguide for meeting us at Schipol and providing pre-flight beer and bitterbollen ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was visiting our 91 yr old Jewish friend Marianne. She and her family fled Czechoslovaka at the beginning of WWII and in her case ended up in the UK ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't see my parents. :( Called my Mom on the Thursday after we arrived and she said she had bad bronchitis and her doctor had told her to stay quiet. So I said I'd call her the following week ( Read more... )

Last night Eve and I got one hour of sleep ( Read more... )

The Prolongation of Life ( Read more... )

"The best teacher, the most successful teacher I had at Breslau, was typical of the point of view of education, was a man in algebra, his name was Rosanes. His name is not known any more. His great success as a teacher was really due to the fact that he didn't teach things very well. He came to the platform. There was a blackboard. In his right ( Read more... )

i met a toad ( Read more... )

We flew into Eindhoven, which is a cute little airport. Not much to say about the city, at least from the bus. Managed to miss both the bus from the airport and a train to Breda by scant minutes. As a result, we were almost an hour late getting to Breda ( Read more... )

First off, please excuse my long absence ( Read more... )