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houston calling: August 2015

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Wow, I was really sick this past week. I stood in my kitchen on Friday morning contemplating if I should reconsider going to Cincinnati. I ended up getting on the plane. It's not like I was oozing body fluids; I was more exhausted and congested than anything else. Me and Tayo in Eden Park. Wow, talk about a good Saturday to be in Cincinnati! Inside the Art Museum. Wandering around Mt Adams. View of the Ohio River. It was quite the treat. Apparently, or should I say obviously, Ci...

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houston calling: September swings on out

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015. September swings on out. Wow I hit last week hard, and I feel mighty privileged too. I was worried beforehand about whether I'd be able to participate in everything I signed up. Thankfully I've started feeling much better, so I've been able to do something. Things have not gotten better and only look to get worse. I actually felt quite depressed for all the students for a few days. Wednesday Sept 23rd: Today was the first day of my Spanish class at Rice. Yes! Valhalla Beer ...

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houston calling: September 2015

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015. September swings on out. Wow I hit last week hard, and I feel mighty privileged too. I was worried beforehand about whether I'd be able to participate in everything I signed up. Thankfully I've started feeling much better, so I've been able to do something. Things have not gotten better and only look to get worse. I actually felt quite depressed for all the students for a few days. Wednesday Sept 23rd: Today was the first day of my Spanish class at Rice. Yes! Valhalla Beer ...

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houston calling: And a little bit more

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Thursday, October 15, 2015. And a little bit more. Also, the property taxes (even after homestead exemption) ALONE on the house for 2015 are more than 3 times what I pay for an entire year's rent! We all agreed that if we had that kind of money to burn we would be buying seafront property in California or a ranch in the Hill Country. Juliet is coming to visit tomorow. We'll be busy. The problem with reality? There's no background music. My Penn State Blog. San Antonio, mostly. And a little bit more.

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houston calling: The little things

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Saturday, October 3, 2015. So how did we end up at Anvil? Well, it was the culmination of me eating my way down Westheimer Street. In the amount of time I've been here people have lived, left and come back to visit. Nuts. Anyway, what happened is earlier in the day I picked Sam up from Kayleigh's apartment (Kayleigh had picked Sam up from the airport and then gone to work), and we hung out at my pool for a while. At 5pm we went to meet Sumiyyah at Uchi's for happy hour. Raw oysters with lemon zest. Once ...

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houston calling: April 2014

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Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A big question mark. After several weeks consulting numerous people for advice, I have to say this. there has never been a time in my life when the future has been as wide open as it is right now. A big question mark floating in the air. Should I stay at my current job or leave? Ask for a sabbatical or quit and travel the world? Apply for another job? Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Useless. Note the following dialogue exchange :. Madam X : You want me to take her to Austin? In the ev...

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houston calling: August 2014

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Saturday, August 2, 2014. And then went out in Montrose and Midtown. Rey, Jef, me, Vicheka, Nahu and Susan. With Sumiyyah in her traditional attire. Tuesday was LaMichelle's 29th birthday. We went to Lilo and Ella, the new restaurant down the street (yes, I walked there) for dinner. The food was a fusion Asian-American tapas style, and we had a selection of quail, lamb, noodles, beef, fried rice with crab, and so on. Definitely need a big group to try everything. With the ladies and their tots. White Lin...

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houston calling: Oregon Ho! A trip to Mt Hood & the Columbia River Gorge

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Thursday, October 15, 2015. A trip to Mt Hood and the Columbia River Gorge. Juliet with a rose as big as her face at the Portland Rose Gardens. Elohweh Falls, the most spectacular of the waterfalls we visited in my opinion. I think this was at Watonga Falls. We went to so many I can't remember. Enjoying a beer at Full Sail Brewery. The view from our room at Amy's place. View of Mount Hood from an orchard. Everyone liked this photo. Enjoying dinner with Tolga, Didem and Juliet. Dang these girls in my Span...

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houston calling: July 2015

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. I drove over to Austin this past weekend to visit my old friends. I stayed with Hannah and Jake at their place in Hyde Park. Here's what I got up to:. Late lunch on Friday with Molly and Lorissa at Mother's Cafe. Met Kim for Italian Soda at Spiderhouse cafe. Went to a free live music show with Jake and Hannah on the grounds of the Texas State History Museum. The band that performed was the Golden Dawn Arkestra, a funk band. Swimmng at Shippe Pool (where we were joined by Kris).