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Boardgames and Belgian Beers

April 6th, 2009 · Comments

Yesterday Dallas and I hosted a boardgames party, which was the first time we had a large group come over to our apartment. We had 10 people come over, mostly friends of Dallas’s, and played Apples-to-Apples, Balderdash, and Blokus. It was a good playful crowd, but I think I am ready for some more serious [...]

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Lookie what I brought home

April 3rd, 2009 · Comments

Contrary to my April Fool’s joke, I did not bring home a ’97 Chevy Suburban this week. Instead, I brought this home: It’s a 2001 BMW R1150GS. At only 85hp, it’s no racebike, but instead more closely resembles a two-wheeled tractor. I chose this bike because the bike that I liked best as a rider [...]

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Ever Forgetful

March 17th, 2009 · Comments

This morning I brought my camera to work, to take photos of my daily sights for a future blog entry. Little did I know that this would likely be the last frame ever taken by my Nikon D300: After that photo, I got onto the train and finished reading The Five Love Languages, which was [...]

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My country, my teacher

March 10th, 2009 · Comments

Yesterday I felt broken and beaten by this new country of mine: Belgium. For the first time in my otherwise spoiled life, I really feel like I have to struggle both at work and at home. Looking at my situation closely however, things really are pretty good: I just have never had to work very [...]

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