Yes, it’s sad but true, Ken and I rekindled our frisbee golf rivalry with a round on the Princeton University frisbee golf course. And I lost. In spectacular fashion. Finishing seven strokes behind. It started off close, but on the 8th hole Ken revealed why his undergraduate degree in religion Read more…
It was a little weird at first. But only a little. Stepping off the plane I ran into a wall of hot humid air. It was kind of like a warm smack in the face saying, “Hey, welcome back. You’re not in the Netherlands anymore.†I wasn’t. I was at Read more…
Busy weekend. (Skip all this shit and go straight to the pictures) First we decided on Friday night that it would be fun to stay in a hotel in Rotterdam, so Ann called up and got us a room at the Hilton for the night. Friday night we had probably Read more…
Go to photo gallery. Last weekend after Leiden we spent Sunday walking around Antwerp with Ian, Anja, and Anja’s friend Karin. Ann has a special affinity for Antwerp since she went to college and lived there for three years. Don’t ask her about any of that time though because she Read more…
Five stars. This was a great movie. Just to give you an outline, the film follows the final day of freedom for Monty (Ed Norton) before he goes to prison for dealing. The story is extremely well crafted, revealing enough backstory, at the right times, to keep you right there Read more…
Ann and I took a trip to Leiden this weekend where we were shown around by our friend Ove Kahler. Leiden is home to the largest university in the Netherlands, and has a beautiful old city center. While we were there we saw the Saturday market, Dragon boat races, and Read more…
I have to agree with my friend Jen in her assessment of War of the Worlds. It’s generally a good movie and worth seeing, but the major value of the movie is not as a science fiction story, but as a window into human reactions to catastrophe. In the wake Read more…
I just downloaded this yesterday and damn is this thing cool. Google Earth is now free. Simply put: Google Earth puts you in control of the earth. Type in any location you want, and you will immediately start to zoom all over the globe until you reach your destination, zooming Read more…
One of the events on our program was a visit with a Russian family for dinner. There were only six families, so we had to visit in groups. My group of four intrepid RSMers traveled to the second to last stop on the red line (don’t ask me any names, Read more…
My MBA group is putting up all our pictures from Russia on an account at Flickr. Check it out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/emba06