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Warwick Castle More pictures for you all. Eventually I will be doing some actual reflection on this stuff. It’s all just moving by so quickly. Short version: Warwick is a great first castle. It was my third castle, and I’m getting kinda castled out. Stratford was an average town and I didn’t enjoy the Shakespeareana [...]

Posted 09 February 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

The View Thus Far…

I’ve finally added the various images I’ve snapped to an on-line photo gallery. I’ve used Google’s Picasa Web Albums because it seems to have the best features for free. If you’re interested, you can see it here . Feel free to leave comments! Also, in deciding upon Google, I also did a .Mac Web Gallery. [...]

Posted 01 February 2008 Adam § , , , § Comments (2)

BBC2

BBC2 had been really impressing me when I first arrived here. At first I was skeptical. Live darts? Repeated twice a day? But then you watch it and … oh my yes. I had no idea darts was such fascinating television. I couldn’t tear myself away from it even with the National Gallery a couple [...]

Posted 20 January 2008 Adam § , § Comments (1)

Things that are more civilized in England

1. You can take your drink (in a real glass!) into the theater. 2. *Everyone* reads the paper. (Sure, some just to read about Britney, but it’s a start.) 3. Pubs aren’t bars. 4. Marks and Spencer’s for groceries (Tesco too for that matter, you have to see it to believe it). 5. Recycling is [...]

Posted 13 January 2008 Adam § , § Comments (2)

I’m off

I know there haven’t been updates in a while (even after they were predicted in the recent past), but today is the first day of my foreshadowed trip to London. The trip is actually the reason the blog came back into existence in the first place, so I’m fully intending to get back to regular [...]

Posted 27 December 2007 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Things I will miss while in London

My cat’s 10th birthday Most of the 2008 Presidential Primary Season (not entirely unhappy about this) The 100th Anniversary of St. Pat’s (really too bad, will have to compensate by drinking in Ireland) Cardinals Spring Training, season opener, 1/3 of season Season 4 of LOST (but I will be on an actual island) Winter in [...]

Posted 05 October 2007 Adam § § Comments (0)

London, first installment

One of the reasons I wanted to start the blog up again was so I would have a place to chronicle my up-coming semester in London and keep in touch with people back home. With that purpose in mind, I am gigglingly, ecstatically happy to have purchased my tickets tonight. I’ll be flying Virgin Atlantic [...]

Posted 28 September 2007 Adam § , § Comments (2)