Sunday, January 31, 2010

Two Campus Interviews!!

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[deep sigh of relief] K was quite stunned to open his email this morning and find requests for not one, but two campus interviews. We'r...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Winter Math

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I didn't want to be negative and title this "Shiver," so you get the mathy title instead. :-) Edited to Add: Talk about "...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

I didn't know he was left handed...

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... the president, that is. I guess this was a significant oversight of my part and a huge sign that I don't watch much TV (can this hav...

My Uncle: Long Overdue Update

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Last summer, Uncle O -- my dad's younger brother who lives in the Washington D.C. area -- had brain surgery to remove a large but benign...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Beans, Clothing Retail, Weather: Some Random Observations

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I suspect that comparably few people buy and cook dry beans (and lentils) in this country nowadays, am I right? Years ago you could find lot...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Slipping Away?

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In our first moments together in the car after dropping Michelle off at the airport last night K broke the news to me. He'd been carryin...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Prayers Over the Ocean, in the Dead of Night & The Loss of an Irreplaceable Woman

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Both boys fell asleep even before take off, as I had imagined they would. I ate, watched a bad movie ( Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ) a...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Leaving for the Airport

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We're leaving to take the airport bus in a few minutes. I hope we have a good trip. I'm not looking forward to the lengthier securit...
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First Formal Rejection + 2nd Phone Interview

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I just got off the phone with K who had his 2nd phone interview this morning. It was more of a conversation with the chair, who wants to exp...
Monday, January 18, 2010

The Last Moments

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The boys want to play outside non-stop and I don't blame them. I know what awaits us back home! That's why I'm letting them play...

Anonymous Comments Are ALWAYS Negative

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How nice, no? Why do people have to hide behind anonymity to say something bad to you? I find this ridiculous. Why even comment? Just to mak...
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Should I Twitter? Please Respond :-)

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Should I Twitter? Why yes? Why not? (meaning: Why do you do it? Or why don't you do it?). First problem: in which language would I tweet...
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More Updates to 365 Project Blog

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Just a shout out about my other blog . I recently posted some photos of K's cousin's wedding (the groom) and of other things (a cas...

Problem Solved. Tab: close to 200 dollars :-(

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It was frustrating and very very complicated affair to solve the problem that was a result of our forgetfulness , but last Friday it was sol...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The First One & Maybe House News (Edited)

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K's first phone interview will begin in about an hour. I'm hoping it will be a good one because this is one of the jobs in Virginia ...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Happy Birthday to My "Little" Brother!

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Oh No! I almost forgot to post about this and I'll do it, in spite of the fact that it's already almost 2 am of the 13th here in Bra...

The 365 Photo Blog is Back!

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I was going to write about this only after I'd posted "the first 10 days of 2010," but then it would be a bit of an overdose, ...

It's all our fault (and Brazil's bureaucracy's), but I'm still upset at the prospect of being stuck here longer

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Ridiculous title, I know, you don't have to tell me. Ridiculous situation to be in -- now I tell you . All because in the past some evil...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Ten More Days in Brazil

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You know, I think I'm going to try to write a "10 first days of 2010" post, but meanwhile, I'm just popping in to say that...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The Poolside Blogging that Wasn't

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it's become late at night, almost falling asleep blogging on the hallway, since our hotel room (without a view) doesn't get wireless...