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Kyklops recently shared a great article from the New Yorker – Trial by Fire. It’s a very well-written and gripping account of Cameron Todd Willingham’s time on death row. I don’t like the idea of killing the guilty as revenge for what’s been done. An eye for an eye – murder for murder – is a [ READ MORE ]
I’ve been fooling around on thesixtyone.com. It seems to be a cool way to find some new, interesting music. Let’s see how the embedding works: Edit: Apparently not well, if you’re reading from an RSS feed… [ READ MORE ]
Last but not least, here are the Scotland photos. I was blown away by how beautiful and green the country was. [ READ MORE ]
I’ve added some Florence and Pisa shots to Flickr now. I’ll probably go into a little more detail on the trip later. Right now I’m just working on picking out some decent photos from the pile. [ READ MORE ]
So the plan was to post a lot during my trip, but I was usually too beat when I returned to my hotel to open my netbook. That’s my excuse for those two weeks, but I don’t have one for the last month and a half. I guess I just lost interest. It’s not you; [ READ MORE ]
Fourteen hours after takeoff and we landed in Rome. I was in a non-reading mood, only getting through about 50 pages, so I spent my time mindlessly watching terrible, terrible movies. Specifically He’s Just Not That Into You, Mall Cop, Inkheart, and Marley & Me. Really could have gone with never seeing any of those, [ READ MORE ]
The vacation has begun, and a day early at that! A coworker thoughtfully pointed out to me that my schedule for tomorrow had the potential to come crumbling down around me, so I decided it best that I set out today instead of tomorrow morning as planned. My flight for Rome leaves at 11:30am tomorrow from [ READ MORE ]
Only a week until I’m off to Italy! I was initially supposed to be meeting up with some friends who were living there for the year, but they unfortunately had to come back to Canada for a family emergency. I’ve traveled solo before, so I plan to still enjoy this trip. Traveling alone has its [ READ MORE ]