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You never recover from losing a loved one, but the first year afterwards stings for a reason. Each birthday, anniversary, and holiday becomes the first time without the person who made that day what it is. Today is the first time I cannot wish my mother a happy birthday. However, as I write this note, [...]

News of my mom’s illness came on June 13, 2006 during my bike tour to Sweden. I was sitting in my tent in Koblenz, Germany at the junction of the Rhein and Mosel Rivers when I received the e-mail with the subject and body: “Not good / I just got the bad news over the [...]

I’m now living one week in the new apartment. It took a few days to orient myself around the kitchen and to locate stuff scattered around the place. There is still a laundry list of things that I need to get: Hangings for the wall, shelves for my books, a carpet for the living room, [...]

This weekend I started packing my belongings in anticipation of the move. The moving day is February 11 and a few friends have already offered to help. I also have use of a Volkswagen van, which should be perfect for the tables, shelves, and bed. Moving within Switzerland is probably not much different than moving [...]

I read this on a sign while riding the London Tube yesterday. I don’t think smiling at someone on the Tube would confuse somebody as much as making them think you’re just nuts. Not much happens on the Tube during rush hour: People cram closely together, make no eye contact, utter no word, and pass [...]

I don’t like music videos nor understand how people can watch MTV or MuchMusic. It’s dead to me. But sometimes an original video comes along that I enjoy. A good example is Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake. Now that’s fun. Recently a friend forwarded to me this low budget video from ‘OK Go’ called [...]

I’ve added a new virtual reality photo of Multertor, St. Gallen to my QTVR page. I changed the process so that I no longer need to take a handheld ‘down’ shot. Take a look to see what I mean. Don’t mind the half car; I was too lazy to clone it out.