"I have been told of a certain sea snake which has a very unusual method of attracting its prey. It will lie at the bottom of the ocean as if wounded. Then its enemies will approach, and yet it will lie quite still. And then its enemies will take little bites of it, and yet it remains still ( Read more... )

Alex is back in Texas, the land of sunshine, freedom, and opportunity. Ironically, the weather here has inched towards decent again, London's little way of extending a middle finger right as he left ( Read more... )

Part of my New Year goals was to read a book a week. This is a bit challenging given that (a) it is a non-fiction book and (b) several goals require better time management than I normally possess. It is actually a discipline in a way ( Read more... )

I was a little disappointed that I didn't go to Latvia with my flatmate for New Year's Eve...but after hearing the aftermath of the trip from the 5 people who did go I guess it wasn't too bad. It's a long story, short version is Latvians hate tourists thanks primarily to the English - who believe it or not are definitely worse tourists than ( Read more... )

...and I have some plans for 2009. In fact, I'm going to make a list...*before* NYE ( Read more... )

Now, very few people read my journal, and while I am not going to provide the details of my vote for our next President (and what I am about to post below *may* seem to indicate my choice), I would love feedback on the following item I came across on our friend the Internet ( Read more... )

It is an incredibly strange feeling to have a sense of not belonging, anywhere ( Read more... )

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