Daily Archives: October 25, 2003

What a gorgeous day for a protest! I can picture it now….the human sea of righteous indignation, the thin blue line of the scared and secretly sympathetic forces of State Security.  My eyes are welling up just thinking about it.  … Continue reading →

Don’t you hate people who have a quotation ready for any situation or emotion to make themselves sound sophisticated, intelligent and erudite? I have tried to accumulate a corpus of killer quotes, but with a memory closely resembling swiss cheese, … Continue reading →

Finally – Someone cares enough to violate the intellectual property rights of people who do what I do for a living – lecture to BU students! It’s amazing how finding yourself on the other side of the bar can affect … Continue reading →

So just two weeks ago, we all get an email from the Boston University Chancellor’s office, announcing that the university has declared November 17th an Official University Holiday, all classes cancelled, all offices closed, in honor of the coronation of … Continue reading →

from the Boston Globe Its retirement never even merited a notice on the drive-through menu, much less a memorial service with Homer Simpson-esque eulogies. But over the summer, when customers were distracted by Coffee Coolattas and maple-frosted scones and such, … Continue reading →

Not your average women

An interesting post from Robert Koehler, and American ex-pat living and teaching in South Korea, and author of the Marmot’s Hole, an excellent read. "Now, for those of you who might not know, I managed to earn the nickname "Dog … Continue reading →

Ryan Overbey has put together a nice site for the upcoming Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference at Harvard in April. “The Buddhist Studies Graduate Student Conference, inaugurated by Harvard students in 1997, has become an important annual forum for interdisciplinary … Continue reading →

Ecuador, the Dowbrigade’s favorite country in South America, a land of unparalleded natural beauty and beautiful women (including Mrs. Dowbrigade), is also a founding member of OPEC. For years, most of their oil was sucked up by Texaco (now ChevronTexaco), … Continue reading →