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Thanksgiving in Rome

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Memento Mori

I’m attending WineConf in Paris this weekend. A few of us arrived Friday morning on the red eye and had a bit of time to kill. What better way to cope with jetlag than to spend the afternoon deep underground? … Continue reading

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I am a threat to American democracy

I few days ago I saw a truck in my neighborhood pulling this billboard. These billboards are sponsored by an organization called ‘Election Integrity Watch.’ After an hour or so I mostly regained my composure, but I’m still not put … Continue reading

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Test Post

I just upgraded WordPress and I don’t trust it, I tell you! So I’m doing some testing.

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I have two small problems today: 1) The words ‘discrete’ and ‘discreet’ have identical derivations, but different meanings in English. Not only can I not remember which is which, I only occasionally even remember that they are different words. Which, … Continue reading

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Flea circus

Lately I’ve been having some unintended success with producing large amounts of freshwater microalgae (it’s growing in the water bath which keeps my on-purpose plankton tanks warm) so I decided it was time to get some filter-feeding freshwater plankton to … Continue reading

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Snacks in Conclusion

I’m back in Minneapolis.  I never cease to be impressed by how very, very far it is from Malaysia to Minnesota. Here’s my last bunch of out-of-context food photos from the last week or so. An ice kacang from a … Continue reading

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SAF Yacht Club

View Larger Map I’m back in Singapore today to pack up and catch my breath before flying back to the US.  It was a nice clear day today so I tried to shoot a panorama of the yacht club where … Continue reading

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There were a couple of nervous emails about the Bangkok protests in my inbox this morning, so, just a quick update: 1)  I’m back in Singapore today, so I’m unaffected 2) Chiang Mai (where I was when the protests started … Continue reading

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