Boulder to London

At the airport in London, Melisse and I picked up a few books.  I got a book by Malcolm Gladwell titled “Outliers” as well as Thomas Friedman’s new book, “Hot, Flat and Crowded”.  You may recognize Gladwell’s name as he previously authored Blink and The Tipping Point.  Friedman is a foreign affairs columnist for the [...]

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We’ve been in Barcelona since Sunday and are having an amazing time.  We’ve enjoyed plenty of tapas, cava, Gaudi and Picasso.  Ok…actually we’ve had a lot of tapas and cava and a little Gaudi and Picasso, but you can’t do everything in one trip.  The weather has been sunny, but very brisk and we’ve managed [...]

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Damn…can’t we find better ways to spend taxpayer dollars? While I can follow and maybe even support the argument that we need to bailout banks to prevent a cascading effect that shuts down the entire economy (although I could also argue that the bailout didn’t achieve the desired impact), bailing out automakers seems ridiculous. [...]

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Check out this performance of one of my favorite songs by Jimmy!

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It’s a bit of a slow afternoon today which is just fine since I’m not working which is what I thought was going to be the situation this weekend.  If it weren’t pouring down rain, I’d get out and do a run, head to a coffee shop, or otherwise get out of the flat.  Unfortunately, [...]

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During my time in Colorado, I was turned on to this great website (www.steepandcheap.com) that I am still addicted to.  While they ship to the UK, the shipping and customs charges are often greater than the value of the product so it is not really feasible for me to pick up great bargains on outdoor [...]

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Sorry for being a little slow on updates and posts.  The past week has been pretty busy with Thanksgiving, Melisse’s birthday and now I’m in Brussels for a training course.
Starting with Thanksgiving, it’s a holiday that is difficult to celebrate abroad.  This is my second international Thanksgiving (2005 in Costa Rica), but at least in ‘05 [...]

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