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When the Levees Broke
As I mentioned yesterday, I watched all four hours of Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke. Though Hurricane Katrina is at the center of the story, it's really a film about New Orleans and how that city fits in to the rest of the United States. And that being said, it's a film about the United States that I don't think the rest of the ( Read more... ) -
La Grève - here and abroad
For some reason RFI wasn't on 91.5 WNYE last night. It's the strike! All of France is on strike ( Read more... ) -
Any NPR/BBC listeners hear this today?
I was a little late for work this morning - partly because the subway was running slow, but mostly because I was really sucked in to an interview on the BBC World Service, which airs at 9am on NYC's National Public Radio station. The host was talking to a woman in Turkey - and I really wish I had been paying more attention at the start of the ( Read more... ) -
Catching up on old photos
Now that I have access to everything from my old computer, I was able to upload some travel photos on to flickr last night. Want to see?
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PC repair (dell laptop) in NYC?
Hi there, internet. I was hoping you might be able to help ( Read more... ) -
demain
After over 11 months of staying put in the same country, I'm finally getting ready to use my passport again. I take off for Paris tomorrow on Air India and will arrive on Thursday morning around 10am. I'll spend a few days hanging out in my old home city and a few days running around Amsterdam... The trip is just a total of seven short days ( Read more... ) -
The MS bike ride - September 29
In a couple weeks, I'll be riding my bike 75 miles/120 km across the state of New Jersey to raise money for multiple sclerosis. I was encouraged by my friend Ben to do this ride a few years ago and I'm really happy to be doing it again this year. I'm also a tad nervous - I have never ridden my bike that many miles in one day before (the last time ( Read more... ) -
September 10, 2007
It's starting to happen. All of a sudden, there are American flags going up everywhere. It's the day before the sixth anniversary of September 11th. I rode my bike past that big, gaping hole in the ground over the weekend, where the twin towers once stood ( Read more... ) -
mi casa es su casa!!
I FOUND AN APARTMENT TONIGHT ( Read more... ) -
Started with pink, ended up with black
I grew up on two wheels. My small town was miles from everything, and all the kids in the neighborhood rode bikes. I don't remember a time in my childhood when I was without my bike. When I was a little kid, I used to ride through the woods and over the "jumps." That's what we called them in Gardiner, NY. There was this big empty patch of land ( Read more... )