The hurricane blew through New Jersey with highly regionalized damages, including extraordinary flooding two apartment complexes by me and the joining of my complex’s pool into the Raritan River. On the other hand, roads near my parents’ were mostly unaffected. However, the rain has come back. Every day, at least once a day, there has [...]
Also tagged photographsHurricane Irene is blowing outside and, in the spirit of this diagram I saw on my Facebook wall, I prepared by cooking for 5 hours, driving to my parents’, watching a lot of Psych, and copying my old iTunes library to my new MacBook Pro. From Be Better Blog I’m 40 miles west of NYC, [...]
Also tagged food, photographs, recipesThe month of January here in New Jersey can be summed up in one word: “snowy.” February is shaping up to be more of the same. Yesterday I had lunch with some co-workers, and none of us could remember working a full week in the office during 2011. It seemed that at least once a [...]
Also tagged new jerseyIt’d cold, damp, as you can see from out my aunt’s apartment a few days ago, but delicious here. Taiwan is not where you want to go in January if you’re looking for a break from dreary north American winters, my friends, so be ye not stupid when packing! I hope you had a great [...]
Also tagged photographs, videoI absolutely refuse to believe it. Where did September go? It’s been about 2+ months now, so the honeymoon period is just about over. I have been here long enough to have Sunday routines (newspaper at Borders, usually blogging before), and a sense that there are limitations on the endless possibilities I see here. Limitations [...]
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