From Swiss Vacatio… Day Four was a pretty simple day: We hopped into the car and drove. And then we drove some more. And then we drove. Basically, even though you don’t think of driving across Switzerland in the same terms that you think of driving across, say, Siberia, it was a long day. We [...]
From Swiss Vacatio… Our first plan was to go back to Zürich on our second day in the area, we figured we could rent a paddle boat, go out on the Zürich Sea, and have a picnic on the water. But, our hosts made suggestions–that’s the great thing about CouchSurfing, after all–and we revised our [...]
Think about this line, from an article in the WSJ today: New genetic technology has revealed that the human body swarms with more benign bacteria than ever imagined — more than 2,000 species, whose cells outnumber the body’s own by a 10-1 ratio. Now tell me that’s not a little bit creepy.
When we decided to open our apartment up to people who–for all intents and purposes–were vagrants, my mother thought we were strange. But, we’ve had three experiences with the CouchSurfing project now and I have to say that joining was the right idea. I first heard about CouchSurfing from a co-worker who went to Poland. [...]
From Swiss Vacatio… Our second day was the one that took us to Switzerland, proper. We got up, had a great breakfast at the Pension (really, that place was a bargain. And generous with the food, which is important for a guy like me.) And then we took all of our stuff back to the [...]
The photos from day one of our trip are (roughly) sorted and online. You can view them all here. I really don’t remember much about the driving to Schwäbisch Hall–where we’d decided to spend the first night, so that we didn’t get to Switzerland in the middle of the night and bother our hosts. I [...]
I guess you can tell from the title, as well as from the fact that I’m blogging at all that we’re back from Switzerland. I’m going to try, over the next couple of days, to upload photos and details for the people who’re interested in that kind of thing. For now, here’s my total overall [...]
I know I said I wouldn’t apologize for not posting, but we won’t be around to update you much in the next couple of days. We’ll be in Switzerland. (How cool is that?) While I’m gone, here’s something to think about: I told a student who wasn’t terribly interested in the ‘book’ conversation topics that [...]
After “August The Strong’s” repeated rejections (1, 2) I thought it was time to take Steven King‘s advice. (He wrote in On Writing that the most helpful rejection he ever had just one hand-written sentence on a form rejection slip. It said “second draft = first draft – 10%” I printed August out again today, [...]
I was recently reminded that I still haven’t posted any photos of our ‘new’ car. And, well, the reason is that, while I’m thrilled about the new motive power, I’m not thrilled about the perceived loss of my ‘alternative’ status. I like public transit. I like relaxing and reading in a tram where you can [...]