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Alexander Hamilton 22 Aug 2013 | 10:36 am
I had wanted to finish up my thoughts on the trip to Thailand and I am still working on it (very slowly) but I was reading something in a book and wanted to record what I thought about it before I mov...
Northern Thailand 13 May 2013 | 08:15 pm
It is has been quite a while since I last posted on the blog and I feel as if I want to move on, I need to complete discussing the trip Christina and I took to Thailand. Fortunately, while planning …...
Bangkok Part II 25 Jan 2013 | 11:47 pm
The hotel we stayed at in Bangkok was close to Khao San Road, apparently a popular attraction for younger people. We traveled to the road often while we stayed in Bangkok as they had a couple of plac...
Bangkok 23 Jan 2013 | 08:05 pm
I have decided to write about our trip in three installments, covering each of the areas we stayed while in Thailand. This entry will cover the time we spent in Bangkok. We spent the first part of o...
Thailand 22 Jan 2013 | 09:35 pm
My wife and I have just returned from a vacation in Thailand. We spent about twelve days there and did many interesting things there. Learned some new things about Thailand and people from southeast...
A Message for All Humanity 27 Dec 2012 | 10:33 pm
For those of you reading this post, please watch this video first. It is a little quiet so make sure your speakers are up. I showed this to my students the other day, we were talking about something ...
Calling You Out: Part II 20 Dec 2012 | 11:36 am
In retrospect, I think titling the post “Calling You Out” may seem too inflammatory. I think the reason I titled it that at the time was that I was too flabbergasted by the dichotomy I found between ...
Calling You Out: Part 1 27 Nov 2012 | 11:28 am
I am in the middle of some work so this will be brief, I wanted to comment on this before I closed my browser. I was taking a break from my work and reading the news when this article appeared … Cont...
Basketball Craziness 22 Nov 2012 | 05:09 pm
First of all, I have not realized how long it has been since I last posted. I thought I posted in October last, but it seems I have not posted since September. Ouch. Regardless, today I will be wri...
Writing in the Sciences: Part 1 30 Sep 2012 | 06:48 pm
So I have just completed the first week of my online course in Coursera, Writing in the Sciences. For the week I was required to watch several short videos (the longest was about 15 minutes) answer a...