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Archive for May, 2010

Memorial Day: Remembering Normandy

Posted in Life, Travel, Writing, tagged , , on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Back in 2008, my Dad and I spent several days traveling in Europe. We made our way by train from London to Berlin, where Dad had a conference to attend, and I spent a few days touring the city before making my way south across Switzerland and then back west to England. Along the way, [...]

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Dances with Pocahontas in Space, Revisited

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on May 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »

A few months ago I wrote a post criticizing the movie Avatar, which has become the most read (and most contentious) post in my otherwise quiet corner of the Interwebs. I didn’t even think of it as particularly critical; I liked the movie, I just wished it had stretched further with the story. A couple [...]

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Geek Moment: Going Fanboy on Jonathan Coulton

Posted in Life, tagged , on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Quick note: this weekend I got to see Jonathan Coulton perform. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, he’s a staple of geek culture: he wrote the ending song of the extremely popular video game Portal, and has written numerous songs, most of which involve robots, zombies, or mad scientists. Or various permutations of [...]

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From Here to Florida and Back

Posted in Travel, tagged , , , , on May 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Last weekend I took a road trip to Jacksonville, Florida (driving time: 8 hours) to spend a few days with my Dad, who moved there earlier this year. The purpose of the trip was many fold: to see family, to take some time off work, to see part of Florida that I had never seen, [...]

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