I Don’t Know Exactly What’s Wrong, But I Know I’m Not in Labor

Last night, after dinner, I missed a step. My left foot moved backwards into open air, and my footing was gone. I didn’t fall, but my left calf took an injury of some sort. Pulled muscle? Torn muscle? I don’t know but it feels like an unending charlie horse. So after this happened, at a […]

The Most Depressing Post Yet

Another conference day. Good set of morning talks. One of my takehome points: eat yogurt or drink kefir. Maybe both. My hotel isn’t near the conference center. It’s about 20 minutes away by U-Bahn (subway), line U2. Or I should say it was that far away. This morning when we got to Potsdamer Platz, about […]

The German Pain Scale

Conference day today. They canceled my postgraduate course, but offered me a different course. Given that I had considered both of these options, I’m not torn up about it. One (minor) problem with being in the conference is this: I don’t have much to blog about, so I’ll make some general observations. German, for example, […]

Out From London and On To Berlin

My brief visit to London finally has drawn to a close. I rose early, showered, packed, and headed out to the Borough Market, near London Bridge, stopping only briefly for an English Breakfast. I went to the market on the recommendation of L, but unfortunately got there at 10 am when they opened, […]

The Tradition of Hazardous Climbs Continues

I just don’t have nearly enough time here. London is huge and there are an incredible number of things to see and do. I’ve studiously avoided things I did during my last visit here, and I still haven’t even really begun to scratch the surface. And today is my only full day, because I leave […]

The Post in Which I Stay With Strangers

Remember the nice things I said about Sprint? I take them back. But more on that later. The flight was great. We left substantially late, but were flying in an epic tailwind so still managed to arrived on time. As we settled into our seats I ordered dinner (seared beef with crispy potatoes and creamed […]