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Back in Fairbanks

July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

It has been a while since my last post.  Life has been more than a bit busy lately.  Now I am in Fairbanks and it really feels good to be back.  I have been here for the past week or so for the NICOP conference hosted by UAF.  The conference was good, but the highlights […]

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Tags: Friends · Life · Travel

A Sunday without Autos — at least for part of the day.

June 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

On Sunday, I took part in some sort of ‘demonstration.’ I am not sure what the purpose or cause was, but it basically consisted of most all the roads (including autobahns) leading into Berlin were closed to autos and opened up to bikes. According to Paul, the police said there were 25,000 people and the […]

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Tags: Berlin · Germany · Life

Pangea Day Approaches

May 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Pangea Day, the international day of film, begins tomorrow (20:00 in Germany, 10:00 in Alaska). Inspired by Jehane Noujaim, winner of the 2006 TED prize, the idea of Pangea Day is to begin the world togetheer through film. 24 short films in 4 hours. I have read, watched, and heard much about this event now. […]

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Tags: Culture ? · Life · TED

European Hopping – Easter weekend in Zürich

March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last weekend I spent the long (4 day) Easter weekend in Zürich, Switzerland with Ryan, Hil, and Sophie. Yep, two weekends in a row hanging out with these guys. I am pretty lucky. Two great weekends back-to-back! I arrived early Friday morning (after a late night out with Konni watching the Blue Man Group in […]

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Tags: Friends · holidays · Life

Beach ultimate in Barcelona

March 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Last weekend, I met up with Ryan, Hil, and Sophie in Barcelona to play some beach ultimate frisbee with Strange Blue (from Cambridge, England). I had a fantastic weekend! By far the best I have had in a very long time. It was a great weekend that was good for my soul. Getting to Barcelona […]

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Tags: Friends · holidays · Life · Ultimate Frisbee

Leaky pipes cause panic

March 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

On Tuesday morning, my worst German (apartment living) nightmare was realized. While Heather was in the shower, the insurance man (their office is directly below my apartment) rings the bell and tells me that water is pouring out of his ceiling!!! The floor of the bathroom was dry, so the house master called the plumber, […]

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Tags: Life · Potsdam

Game on!

February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last weekend was my ‘game weekend.’ It started out on Friday night when I hosted ‘game night.’ I had been craving to play games recently, so it seemed like a good time to do this. A number of friends from work came over with the games and I made a lasagna and salad. (clockwise): Emil, […]

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Tags: Germany · Life · Potsdam · Ultimate Frisbee

B^4 (Bob’s Birthday Bowling Bash)

February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

For my birthday, my co-workers took me bowling yesterday afternoon. I rode my bike there with Paul, Emil, and Finn. The sun was out and I was able to wear the sunglasses I had bought back in October for the first time! The sun was short lived as it actually began to snow while we […]

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Tags: AWI · holidays · Life · Potsdam