Thinking about Nepal
Just finished writing a blog post for our CEISMIC blog about the Nepal earthquake, so rather than re-cover the same ground here, I’ll just post a link.
Do do do do, do do do-do dooo… sorry, accidentally segued into bad 80s music there. But I’m all packed, the house is tidy, I’ve left a note for my house-sitter, and in an hour or so Lytteltonwitch will turn up and we’ll be off to the airport. And about 35 hours and 5 airports…
I almost forgot (too busy packing for Ireland – two more sleeps!) but here’s a few photos from the red zone: Poor Cathedral isn’t looking too good these days And it’s even worse in close-up. Large parts of it look just one more good shake away from collapse. But the good news is that Coffee…
r rather, it just saved my soul from being saved, which is even better in my book. As is usual on a Saturday morning, I’ve got on some very loud music while I clean the house – this morning’s choice is Aerosmith. And I just had a visit from some Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were starting…
espite appearances, I haven’t disappeared off the face of the earth. I’ve just been kind of busy. Semester started two weeks ago, and it was very much a case of straight in the deep end as far as workload goes. I’m loving the course though – it’s much more hands-on than the last paper I…
ow, time has sped by again, and it’s already two weeks since my operation (and already September, and spring!). I did mean to come back and write something more substantial than my brief post-op note of stillalivitude, but for the first week or so sitting at the computer was painful and not conducive to writing…
inally I’ve got my new computer! I almost had it a couple of weeks ago, but then I didn’t. But that’s a story best told with a ridiculous number of photos (don’t say I didn’t warn you). So, without further ado, how to build a computer: Except it wasn’t. Because that’s where it all started…
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thanks for the link to a thoughtful post and appeal for compassionate donations. I am preparing donation envelopes for a Nepal appeal at our church beginning this Sunday. They need every rupee they can get.