the news...is what happens.

who knew, even in Cincinnati, no one shows up for WIR...

where in the world?

this was a brilliant waste of time. but fun and edumacational.

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m-goats?

thanks to my buddy Khurram for sharing:



while micro-lending is nothing *new* it is alays inspiring to see, especially when i see the potential for the intersection with the field i work in. all of a sudden it becomes something more than just selling soap...

mlk.

Barack Obama's "stirring speech" at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s church in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday morning:



hope all you American's w/ the day off (sorry American's abroad) took a second to think about the day.

i get to ROCK tonight.

only in America. rock on.

what i work on.

colder.

i'd been seeing this on my Google desktop in Singapore for awhile, but it became all too much clearer upon my return to the US yesterday...

back in the USSR*.

they'll let anyone (me) thru customs these days.

no real reason for posting this, other than it seems i always post something. i took this in Japan way back when (October), and it sure is a catchy tune to commemorate my [triumphant?] return. you have to wait for the chorus though...




more to come.

*it's a Beatles song (the post title, not the actual song in the videi). it just sounded cool. and NO, i haven't become a commie (thought i got a GREAT shirt in Vietnam).

singapore, goodbye-la.

heading off to south india for some a week off ...backpacking thru kerala + tamil nadu. see entry below for pics from the going away party.

singapore to raman, "go away."

my last night in singapore, spent with close friends, new friends, and friends of friends. click pic below to see the album of pics...
the world is getting smaller, so there were no goodbyes.

thanks to barun for taking most of these.

new years: chiang mai, thailand

Obama takes Iowa: fan-frickin-tastic.

happy new years, & stuff (literally).

emptied bags [and pockets] from Chiang Mai*:
*where we celebrated new year's a whole day ahead of all of you westerners (with paper lanterns in the sky to boot).

more to come.