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on equinox, on 7 years of war on Iraq, walked with 20 people to remind town we're occupying a couple countries and ruining lives
listening to a recording of a consulting call, it's so painful to hear myself pause to think that i wish i said um more!
glad house is on high ground, but temporarily changing friendship goals from people who grow food to people who build boats.
thanks all for birthday wishes on Facebook (it's like it told you!)- helps keep e-mail under control as life stays crazy & good!
do fewer things; do things better; do better things
invites all without dinner plans or a desire to break them, within travel distance to Natick, to late dinner @ 33 Fisher tonight
danced in living room to Beatles' Twist and Shout and Ray Charles' Do You Love Me waiting for 'git add' massive old drupal site
lost e-mail and instant message (Thunderbird, Adium stopped being visible yesterday); expected productivity gains did not occur.
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we arrive to genuinely question authority but find ourselves in relative isolation - another implied plea @pwgd
VisionsUnite tonight: what's happening right where you are right now
Reading White Oleander; to care and be strong? ...a little more at the link
Power imbalance is inefficient
Venezuela & Building a New Society from Below talk with Julio Chavez, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Albert
May people no longer easily fear entire other groups while trusting our own power-mad elites
Israeli Government Destroying Lives In and Out of Gaza for Years to Come
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VisionsUnite must by default make sure the people who should see a post do see the post
Spicy concoction of all the vegetables that had to be cooked
Wisdom is the ability to distinguish your business from what's none of your business.
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Watched Wizard of Oz for the first time... awesome
I think we can say that accelerated hair loss has stopped
Walked with 20 people from the Natick common vigil and area peace groups to mark and protest the 7th year of war on Iraq
Nice dinner party
Hanging with Andrew: St. Patrick's day in Boston; salad and lentil leftover special at home
Confused For Elise for Pachabel's Canyon today
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on equinox, on 7 years of war on Iraq, walked with 20 people to remind town we're occupying a couple countries and ruining lives
Sat, 2010/03/20 - 3:40pm —
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listening to a recording of a consulting call, it's so painful to hear myself pause to think that i wish i said um more!
Tue, 2010/03/16 - 3:06pm —
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glad house is on high ground, but temporarily changing friendship goals from people who grow food to people who build boats.
Mon, 2010/03/15 - 7:57pm —
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thanks all for birthday wishes on Facebook (it's like it told you!)- helps keep e-mail under control as life stays crazy & good!
Fri, 2010/03/12 - 8:34pm —
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do fewer things; do things better; do better things
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invites all without dinner plans or a desire to break them, within travel distance to Natick, to late dinner @ 33 Fisher tonight
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danced in living room to Beatles' Twist and Shout and Ray Charles' Do You Love Me waiting for 'git add' massive old drupal site
Wed, 2010/03/03 - 11:10pm —
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lost e-mail and instant message (Thunderbird, Adium stopped being visible yesterday); expected productivity gains did not occur.
Mon, 2010/03/01 - 11:28am —
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not for me (agaric remains a collective!) but any Drupal shops looking for a remote / Boston based relentless developer?
Sun, 2010/02/28 - 10:55pm —
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concludes that power steering in a Honda Insight was never necessary anyway
Mon, 2010/02/22 - 1:27am —
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code executes in unexpected ways during dream state
Fri, 2010/02/19 - 5:51am —
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is in high demand on the karaoke circuit. It's on twitter! Twitter wouldn't lie, would it, @ahasaetharu?
Tue, 2010/02/16 - 3:56pm —
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ran 18K 'cause 3 friends training for 5K & @anjalifp did another 15K like before breakfast- trying to match but fun route longer
Sat, 2010/02/13 - 5:31pm —
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on late train that was to be express to Boston: "This is the local train; the express is right behind us." One track #mbta #fail
Fri, 2010/02/12 - 9:41am —
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has four new agile project management books and no time to read them. Hmm.
Sat, 2010/02/06 - 9:43am —
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Rest in peace, Howard Zinn, for we promise not stop working for justice. http://historyisaweapon.com/zinnapeopleshistory.html
Wed, 2010/01/27 - 9:26pm —
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Donate where it helps - http://mlncn.com/node/1486 - groups in Haiti with a history of good work and a good sense of history
Tue, 2010/01/19 - 8:13am —
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just got go-live approval for (part 1 of) the project that ate Agaric. Waiting for traffic to thin out before leaving Cambridge.
Fri, 2010/01/15 - 7:22pm —
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Haiti, world's test case. Indomitable people overcome coups, economic war, now earthquake; we all can make it.
Wed, 2010/01/13 - 11:05am —
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note to the MBTA: if you don't want passengers hanging on your locked doors, don't pull out when they're running up the platform
Tue, 2010/01/12 - 9:24pm —
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went sledding the first three days of 2010. Missed a day. Will have to go twice today to catch up.
Tue, 2010/01/05 - 5:42am —
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last status meant no new year's eve plans. 2010 plans include work (Agaric / Drupal) and a better world (Visions Unite / PWGD).
Fri, 2010/01/01 - 9:02pm —
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has no New Years' plans which perfectly symbolizes his limitless possibilities!
Tue, 2009/12/29 - 2:29am —
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unilaterally wishes Merry Christmas unto most of his friends from the safety of having already finished with Chanukah
Thu, 2009/12/24 - 8:51pm —
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considering taking vitamins in honor of Casimir Funk... and a couple months of steady hair shedding.
Wed, 2009/12/23 - 5:37pm —
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dashing through the snow, pulling cars out of ditches and moving trees off roads and giving transport with a 4-wheeler!
Sun, 2009/12/20 - 2:50am —
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older brother Jake and girlfriend Sarah just replaced the Celtics jacket that Drupal rockstar quicksketch lost in Paris-- 2008!
Fri, 2009/12/18 - 8:05pm —
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working on devilish details of a site upgrade from my brother's log palace in West Virginia- nephews should arrive home soon!
Wed, 2009/12/16 - 6:57pm —
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pulling an all-nighter from Lazo's Tacos, 2009 North Western Ave, Chicago, Illinois. The Drupal must go on; veggie burritos help
Mon, 2009/12/14 - 12:54am —
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on train to Drupal Camp Chicago via visits in Syracuse and Rochester with @hefoxed - have room in Evanston thanks to @ceardach!
Tue, 2009/12/08 - 7:29pm —
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ever wonder if a Drupal node had more path aliases than you see on the edit page? no? if you ever do: http://bit.ly/8IMHA4
Fri, 2009/11/27 - 7:38am —
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thanks the world for unfairly good treatment and hopes to give back
Fri, 2009/11/27 - 7:26am —
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will come up with a great word for each letter of his name for the next time it needs to be spelled over the phone
Wed, 2009/11/25 - 6:12am —
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attending #massgtug #wavehack and trying to figure out how to bring Drupal into it
Sat, 2009/11/21 - 12:04pm —
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Chicago or bust: Drupal campers vote today for the how-to-contribute-to-Drupal session http://bit.ly/53eOWL and I'll be there!
Fri, 2009/11/20 - 6:56pm —
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washing dishes after a nice party, after almost being arrested for stalking driving for groceries, after a solid day of work
Fri, 2009/11/20 - 3:10am —
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calls a dinner party for this Thursday (tomorrow) evening at the Natick abode just because it is time
Wed, 2009/11/18 - 2:34pm —
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keeps wandering outside to look for this meteor shower. Will have to be content with good work and cooking.
Wed, 2009/11/18 - 2:52am —
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One Man's Plan to End Poverty: Tuesday evening at Harvard, Brooks House, 1 Oxford St., 6:15 p.m. OR 8:30 p.m.
Mon, 2009/11/16 - 11:52am —
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WHOOOO! I said that was my kind of party!! Talking dancing singing; cooked 2nd round of food at 2 a.m. Just got to Grandpa's.
Sun, 2009/11/15 - 11:03am —
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to my kind of party: host hopes South Asian community, anti war, and Latin America solidarity activists will learn & join
Sat, 2009/11/14 - 3:16pm —
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shouldn't've slept & should've been more productive awake. Happy Armistice and Veteran's days, will celebrate with nonstop work.
Thu, 2009/11/12 - 7:39am —
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still has the house all alone for a couple weeks and if it is still standing at the end will consider those weeks misspent
Tue, 2009/11/10 - 11:41am —
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in Cambridge for D7CX: The Drupal 7 Contrib eXperience, making modules upgrade-ready. Somerville cops have my van. #parkingfail
Sun, 2009/11/08 - 11:29am —
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wonders if partying on 2 hours sleep after crazy busy week is smart, hiding in a back room doing Drupal until it gets going
Fri, 2009/11/06 - 8:55pm —
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thanks Drupaller @aellison for sending a #googlewave invite on my behalf! If anyone knows what it is about I'm ben.agaric there.
Tue, 2009/11/03 - 9:02pm —
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HAS Google Wave but needs to invite an important person to use it! Anyone know how to get there or have an invite to share?
Mon, 2009/11/02 - 11:40pm —
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spent the extra hour on Facebook... on people and pics from an awesome wedding! Congratulations Manda and Rich!!!!
Sun, 2009/11/01 - 8:11am —
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needs Chinese lanterns and money plants for Saturday- anyone have any dried, or know a field that still has them in New England?
Fri, 2009/10/30 - 9:00am —
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has the house alone for a month. If it stays standing something's being done wrong. Party/visit/housemate suggestions?
Tue, 2009/10/27 - 12:29am —
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Hondoran resistance to counter coup's fake election: ballot boxes to let majority support a new constitution http://is.gd/4zypF
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 12:55pm —
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older brother and his girlfriend's car stolen while they collect signatures to keep smoking in the local WV bar #surreal
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 12:48pm —
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Twitter and consequences: http://friendsoftortuga.wordpress.com/ Defend free speech and the right to assemble
Sat, 2009/10/24 - 3:23am —
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sees golden-orange locust trees against a darkening sky; seagulls, gilded too, on their bellies from the sun below, fly behind.
Thu, 2009/10/22 - 5:35pm —
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looking at the locust trees, glowing golden in the setting sun, outside my grandfather's window in Wellfleet
Thu, 2009/10/22 - 5:23pm —
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loves fall in New England: a Sunday of SNOW, and then warm sun and gorgeous golden trees today. OT: RDF is in Drupal now!
Mon, 2009/10/19 - 9:00pm —
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heard Zoya of http://rawa.org/rawa.html speak, RAWA fights Soviet, Taliban, US usurpers in Afghanistan since before we were born
Sun, 2009/10/18 - 2:35pm —
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spending Drupal Event Singularity weekend (tip @msamye - Montreal, San Francisco, Vancouver, Hudson Valley) working RDF
Sun, 2009/10/18 - 2:33pm —
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home! -- where the recycling guy likes me -- in New England! -- where it is doing a credible job of snowing this 16th of October
Fri, 2009/10/16 - 8:00am —
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back in the United States of America and filling calendar with Drupal work
Tue, 2009/10/13 - 6:44am —
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had new experience of hearing last name pronounced correctly over a P.A. system... thanks Montreal for connecting flight wake-up
Tue, 2009/10/13 - 6:37am —
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@ianforberpratt didn't explain status but shared first attempt at awesome video reflecting awesomeness of @anjalifp
Sun, 2009/10/11 - 2:55am —
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wishes @anjalifp good health and good speed in the Chicago Marathon today!!!
Sun, 2009/10/11 - 1:42am —
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is terribly curious about Ian's IM status
Sat, 2009/10/10 - 12:20pm —
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spent a pleasant day @brightlemon office in London working (fruitlessly) on RDF and comment entity loading
Fri, 2009/10/09 - 12:48pm —
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RT AlGiordano Poll: Wide Majority of Hondurans Oppose Coup d'Etat, Want Zelaya Back: http://tinyurl.com/yagoun8 #Honduras
Wed, 2009/10/07 - 4:18am —
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working from London for last week in Europe, any Drupal meets not listed on http://drupal.org.uk ?
Tue, 2009/10/06 - 7:00pm —
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ended Yom Kippur fast the traditional Jewish way, at a Chinese restaurant. Also, Paris is awesome, on to Dublin.
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 11:37pm —
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Honduras Coup Leader Micheletti Decrees 45-Day Suspension of Constitutional Liberties: http://is.gd/3JVk1 #honduras
Mon, 2009/09/28 - 2:39am —
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manually going through 250 ported Drupal pages' paths, WYSIWYG compatibility, meta data for perfection. #donotdisturb
Thu, 2009/09/24 - 6:52pm —
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giving Anjali's facebooks & tweets good http://anjfp.us home; twitter says i'm at war http://j.mp/4EUzHX against lifestream rot.
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 12:11pm —
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@msamye body missing Rome's Hotel Beautiful? Me, I'm on the U.S. ex-pat's German healthcare plan: 45 min run followed by beer
Fri, 2009/09/18 - 4:22am —
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running alongside a bicycle feels very clunky in comparison. But that's good preparation for Drupal 5 views.
Wed, 2009/09/16 - 6:20pm —
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although yesterday's status implied a certain grasp of time zones, up at 4 a.m. CET today for a 10 a.m. EST meeting (4 p.m. CET)
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 10:46pm —
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did key work and e-mails before 6 in the morning... sadly, that's noon here in Germany, so not so impressive.
Mon, 2009/09/14 - 6:03am —
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in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, sleep-Drupalling while Stefan (moderately alertly) works too
Sun, 2009/09/13 - 4:21pm —
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saw German band Johannes Oerding live on beach in Timmendorf, now in Hamburg cooking (eating) with Alexandra, Daniel, and Stefan
Sat, 2009/09/12 - 5:19pm —
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in Hamburg, Germany pushing out Drupal work after 14 hr train while super-kind hosts (Stefan's sister et al) shop for tomorrow
Fri, 2009/09/11 - 3:33pm —
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in Rome! like Boston with better weather, cooler buildings, and ruins @msamye on Via Napoleone III
Tue, 2009/09/08 - 8:01am —
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6 a.m. Paris time ends a wonderful week with beautiful Drupal people! But grab my Boston Celtics jacket if you see it in France.
Sat, 2009/09/05 - 11:47pm —
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DrupalCon day 4 final sessions, represented Agaric at Taxonomy, RDF, and Community Building presentations; also, mind quite gone
Fri, 2009/09/04 - 8:57am —
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out and about in Paris, Drupalcon Day 1 half-done what with arriving 8 hours late due to delayed flight, reroute through Munich
Tue, 2009/09/01 - 1:16pm —
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back in New England after West Virginia and Illinois road trip for feverish Drupal Conference Europe preparations!
Sat, 2009/08/29 - 3:34pm —
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drinking a beer to celebrate family, friends, a laptop that barely still works, and launch of http://anjaliforberpratt.com
Wed, 2009/08/26 - 9:26pm —
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Hummingbird on my brothers' porch in West Virginia! Look at that tongue go... i think Ms. Zelda dog is part hummingbird
Tue, 2009/08/25 - 5:11pm —
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hours before Drupal site launch, and making first, tiny, custom module. And it could be made generic. Good sign?
Mon, 2009/08/24 - 7:19am —
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http://bit.ly/hxmV9 - Detroit could become first city in the world self-sufficient in food, with a vital urban farming economy
Sat, 2009/08/22 - 9:27pm —
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RT: http://bit.ly/oZwo2 Queerness, Color and the Politics of Marriage: When Washington declared war on welfare...
Fri, 2009/08/21 - 7:47am —
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anyone know of compensated social work or writing fellowships in United Kingdom? Friend from India has UK visa valid to February
Thu, 2009/08/20 - 10:09am —
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9.5 urgent Drupal hours billed yesterday (minus time using object syntax on array) & Grandpa hates me for skipping swim with him
Wed, 2009/08/19 - 4:31pm —
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can touch his toes again! Goodbye (for the most part) sciatica, hello ... um, major lower back strength training i guess
Sun, 2009/08/16 - 10:06am —
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Wellfleet, Cape Cod with Grandpa and Andrew... someone must endure the perfect weather
Sat, 2009/08/15 - 12:30pm —
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working from NYC today! yesterday #drupal meet with http://povertysdemise.org demo; then http://gringoyo.com films worth trip
Thu, 2009/08/13 - 7:11am —
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wonders if painful, unceasing sciatica (look it up) is more likely due to malaria or swine flu
Wed, 2009/08/12 - 6:07am —
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awesome party at Kaveri's for her PhD/birthday/going somewhere else at some point- and so many desi friends, like India again!
Sun, 2009/08/09 - 4:39am —
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literally dreaming of being back in India surrounded by new friends— the girls and workers at Childlife Preserve Shishur Sevay
Sat, 2009/08/08 - 4:57am —
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back from India, wonderful, intense, sharing place; mind, body, and stuff intact, even through security, still need haircut
Fri, 2009/08/07 - 5:19pm —
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India court issues warrant for Union Carbide's former CEO http://is.gd/22mrn via @BHRRC #Bhopal RT John Schertow
Tue, 2009/08/04 - 12:56pm —
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64 degrees fahrenheit... so glad that i'm finally going to someplace warm! ;-)
Tue, 2009/07/21 - 2:23pm —
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needs shave & haircut or Indian airport security will detain him and his last-minute tickets bought with borrowed credit cards.
Sun, 2009/07/19 - 5:17pm —
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