A couple years back, I called my American Long Distance provider to inquire about calling card rates for various parts of Europe. I was put through to the international division. The rep I spoke with was happy to help me but had never heard of Prague or Zagreb. Today, I call Fido Wireless to activate …
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Tomorrow, it’s Amsterdam for a week
and I don’t expect to have much web access, so sorry in advance for the continued slow blog. I’m back for the summer (with a few short trips) in early June. Here’s the latest report, in the style of Harper’s Index. All passive voice refers to me and/or Carrie. Number of cool new people met …
Cool
At this very moment, Montreal public works is planting a bunch of trees on our street.
Crescent St.
Here I was thinking I had a pretty good mental map of the space between McGill and Concordia downtown. But last night, after watching the very mediocre Unleashed (yes, I will be acquiring the Massive Attack soundtrack), we are walking down St. Catherine with a friend looking for a place to have a drink. We …
My Face was Made for Radio
or so the T-shirt says. Today, I got to be on a Chicago Public Radio show about sound. For those of you who have slogged through The Audible Past, I don’t say anything new. But I do demonstrate remarkably self-restraint when during the call-in section I get a question about Walter Ong and the host …
The Library of Congress in New York City
File this one under “your cultural capital hard at work for you.” Last Wednesday, Carrie and I are crossing the border into the U.S. When the agent asks us what we are going to do in the United States, I say “we are going to a lecture at the Library of Congress.” This was, naturally, …
I’ve been in Montreal for 10 days — time for another trip!
This time to Washington D.C. for a family event, and we’re driving. We will supposedly have high speed internet in the room, in which case I’ll do some remote blogging over the weekend. If not, I’ll be back here next week in full summer mode. In the meantime, keep an eye on the Bad Subjects …
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