Visitors

It’s always good to find news about aliens, especially from astronauts.

Conducting Frank-ishness

I must acknowledge my friend Christy for having found this clip … in all her Monkees nerdiness:

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News worthy

This is far more interesting than celebrity gossip, partisan politics, or most of what is considered news.

Telekinesis: better than television?

I’m back in Dallas for almost two weeks, until I can move into my new apartment. Until then, I’ve found myself entertaining questions like “can I vaccum the carpet with my mind” and “does a triangular tree have a square root?” The depth of these questions, and the dearth of interesting events in Dallas, causes [...]

Imágenes de México

I’ve finally edited the flickr images from my México trip. There are plenty more to work with, but the remaining images will probably be worked into upcoming projects.

Photos and fatigue

I’m back in the States and am somehow avoiding rest. Since getting back Monday evening, I’ve already started apartment hunting, dealing with financial aid, making phone calls, and editing photos. The first set of images from México are up on flickr. I have more to upload and others that will probably become some kind of [...]

28 days in Mexico

I`ve enjoyed my last day in Mexico today without any scheduled events, apart from our final, group dinner. Tomorrow morning we leave for the Guadalajara airport at 5:30 am.
Within 28 days, we have covered quite a bit of ground, starting in Cancun and ending in Guadalajara. Along the way, we visited Merida, Campeche, Palenque, San [...]

Tassely Yak

Last night another grad student and I went to see a Lucha Libre match. It was as ridiculous and entertaining as I had hoped. The crowds are probably the most entertaining, but there were many interesting elements of the show as well. There was a small section that acted as the ´band,´ but they sounded [...]

Almost Free

I´m in Mexico City at the moment and will be leaving for Guadalajara on Thursday. Since my last post, here are a few things I’ve kept myself occupied with: I´ve climbed the ruins at Xochicalco, climbed the mountain streets of Taxco to see the Jesus statue overlooking the city, climbed the ruins at Teotihuacan – [...]