Olympic fever

Not that anyone watching stateside would have noticed, Team GB have actually been doing pretty well these Olympics. For a country which won just one gold – you heard that right – in Atlanta, we’re up in fourth after dominating the sports where, as one Australian commentator disparagingly described it, you “sit on your arse”: [...]

It a while since I last posted, though I place all blame on my laptop, which teetered over the brink a few days ago. It’s all rebooted from backup now though, so hopefully all is well.

The fall semester at UNC is just starting, and there’s nothing like an awkward facebook message [...]

part-time warrior

Last weekend I finally went off to see if the TA liked the look of me. I’d missed a call from the Sergeant-Major Thursday checking if I was still up for it, but was a little unnerved to call him Friday lunchtime and end up on a bus from the London HQ by 7 pm [...]

si se pu… maybe

The photo’s fairly convincing, right? It played host to what turned out to be most depressing events I’ve been to in a while. Picture a whole bunch of middle to old-aged “democrats abroad” still not quite aware that Obama isn’t just Howard Dean a couple of years later, combined with a whole load of well-meaning [...]

City boy

I’ll be the first to admit, there are worse places I could be than London (not to mention worse companies or placements). I mean, I’ve done the tourist stuff thrice over in about as many weeks (see last two posts), but it’s nice to be finding a more sustainable social niche, going for drinks with [...]