Well, with spring semester barely underway, it's about time that I start freaking out about spring break ( Read more... )

Senator Sarbanes: "Now, my text, if I can use that term for the question I want to put to you, is this new book by T.R. Reid, a very distinguished journalist, which has just only recently come out, The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy."

In full:  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/politics/18TEXT-RICE. ( Read more... )

I don't think I'll ever fully write up my time in Aussie like I did parts of Sweden and Norway.  To compensate for this unfortunate fact, I'll just post a random pic(s) every once in a while and briefly describe it.


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I think I've decided to have a somewhat more political attitude in here.  I'll still post about my trips and such, but I thought you'd be remiss if you didn't read about what I thought about the days event.  How lucky are youToday, Dr. Condi (I can't spell the full name) Rice was before the Senate Foreign Relations committee answering questions ( Read more... )

Hey guys...I've been sort of slow on this.  But I'll be posting a more substantive account of my trip to Australia.  So...stay tuned and watch this space!

Ok, so I've at least gotten off to a good start.  I've created a website that is quicker and easier for me to do than the Livejournal.  Just click here, and you'll be taken there.  It might take a moment for all of the pics to load, but I mean, that's what you came for, so be patient.

Here's the train car we stayed in...

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Amazing.  Surreal.  Unbelievable.  Here I am, sitting on the top bunk of a set in a converted red train car 6km SE of Port Augusta, South Australia.  What a long, strange trip it has indeed been…

We set off today from South Melbourne on our journey to Ayer’s Rock (Uluru).  Because Chris didn’t feel comfortable taking his personal car out into the ( Read more... )

G'day and how ya goin ( Read more... )