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DECEMBER 16, FRIDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY India visas again. After great effort we sent in our Indian visa applications with our passports by Fed Ex on Tuesday, hoping to get them back in time to leave. Luckily we paid $5 to get constant updates
DECEMBER 16, FRIDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY India visas again. After great effort we sent in our Indian visa applications with our passports by Fed Ex on Tuesday, hoping to get them back in time to leave. Luckily we paid $5 to get constant updates
DECEMBER 15, THURSDAY
INTELLIGENCE, ARTIFICIAL OR OTHERWISE This morning I took Maggie, my son’s dog, who spent the night with me, up Jones Mountain. She is much more eager to climb Jones mountain than I am, but it does me much more good
DECEMBER 15, THURSDAY
INTELLIGENCE, ARTIFICIAL OR OTHERWISE This morning I took Maggie, my son’s dog, who spent the night with me, up Jones Mountain. She is much more eager to climb Jones mountain than I am, but it does me much more good
DECEMBER 14, WEDNESDAY
COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT MY ETCHINGS Today I visited the Asheville Art Museum to which I have a membership. I hadn’t been there in a while and today there was a new small exhibit of etchings from
DECEMBER 14, WEDNESDAY
COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT MY ETCHINGS Today I visited the Asheville Art Museum to which I have a membership. I hadn’t been there in a while and today there was a new small exhibit of etchings from
DECEMBER 13, TUESDAY
THE $120 CUP OF COFFEE Today I cancelled my Unlimited Sip Club account at Panera. That doesn’t sound like much of a feat, but for me it is huge. When my wife Kathe became ill at just about this time
DECEMBER 13, TUESDAY
THE $120 CUP OF COFFEE Today I cancelled my Unlimited Sip Club account at Panera. That doesn’t sound like much of a feat, but for me it is huge. When my wife Kathe became ill at just about this time
DECEMBER 12, MONDAY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE This morning a notification popped up on my iPad as I was sitting here typing. It was a reminder that I have a doctor’s appointment at 10:30 and that I need to leave my house by 8:15 to
DECEMBER 12, MONDAY
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE This morning a notification popped up on my iPad as I was sitting here typing. It was a reminder that I have a doctor’s appointment at 10:30 and that I need to leave my house by 8:15 to
DECEMBER 11, SUNDAY
SHADOW OF DEATH I’ve always known I was going to die, everyone knows they are going to die, we all know that every living thing dies. Or at least we know it for everything or everyone else. But suddenly this
DECEMBER 11, SUNDAY
SHADOW OF DEATH I’ve always known I was going to die, everyone knows they are going to die, we all know that every living thing dies. Or at least we know it for everything or everyone else. But suddenly this
DECEMBER 10, SATURDAY
INDIAN VISAS We finally got our Indian visa applications sent off at considerable expense and a lot of confusion. In retrospect the confusion was partly a result of there being two kinds of visa with two kinds of administration. But
DECEMBER 10, SATURDAY
INDIAN VISAS We finally got our Indian visa applications sent off at considerable expense and a lot of confusion. In retrospect the confusion was partly a result of there being two kinds of visa with two kinds of administration. But
DECEMBER 8, THURSDAY
WARNOCK AND WALKER Tuesday night after attending the basketball game Kathy stayed with Caroline at her apartment and Tom and I returned to our very comfortable hotel and watched election returns. As everyone in the United States knows this was
DECEMBER 8, THURSDAY
WARNOCK AND WALKER Tuesday night after attending the basketball game Kathy stayed with Caroline at her apartment and Tom and I returned to our very comfortable hotel and watched election returns. As everyone in the United States knows this was
DECEMBER 9, FRIDAY
WOLFPACK Everywhere in Raleigh there were references to the Wolfpack with even large photographs of wolves in our hotel elevator. The wolf is the mascot of NC State and the Wolfpack is a reference to all of the sports teams
DECEMBER 9, FRIDAY
WOLFPACK Everywhere in Raleigh there were references to the Wolfpack with even large photographs of wolves in our hotel elevator. The wolf is the mascot of NC State and the Wolfpack is a reference to all of the sports teams
DECEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY This morning we had a good breakfast at The Flying Biscuit, a campus eatery that is usually packed. And then Caroline showed us where she had gone to class and hung out, although most of her
DECEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY This morning we had a good breakfast at The Flying Biscuit, a campus eatery that is usually packed. And then Caroline showed us where she had gone to class and hung out, although most of her
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 