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Sun burn

Wed, 05/30/2007 - 8:20pm

I spent the morning of Memorial Day at the pool with gorgeous weather, a cup of Starbucks coffee, and a good book.

And a with lot of sun, as I realized somewhat too late, so I got burned.

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dailylife

Economics in Bulgarian

Mon, 05/28/2007 - 10:31pm

Listening to two Bulgarian Economics PhD students:

"Защото consumption level ... е равно на investment ... ръсте growth ...".

"Това е когато price level ... плюс q без i-w ... когато имаш current level".

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foodanddrinks

A summer lunch

Sun, 05/27/2007 - 3:59pm

Summer lunch.Tomorrow is Memorial Day, and this weekend is the start of the summer season. The weather is excellent; it's close to 90 degrees.

I made a summer lunch: baked caprese salad (slices of baguette with tomato, mozzarella and basil) with an insalata mista from radicchio, arugula and cumcumber.

We had a little bit of wine left from last night (Luigi Bosca, one of my favorites) and it was a delicious meal.

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dailylife

Durham, NC, Engeland

Sun, 05/27/2007 - 12:06pm

Bruna.A few weeks ago I bought a present online, a Dutch book to be delivered in the Netherlands. Since bol.com, the largest Dutch online book retailer, canceled a similar order without notice last year I tried Bruna.nl.

I won't bore you with the details but online shopping is definitely new for Bruna and I was disappointed with how slow and unresponsive they were.

Anyway, today I received a paper receipt (factuur) for that order. It's pretty cool that it arrived because it was addressed to "Durham, NC, Engeland".

Somebody in the Dutch post service must have understood that this shouldn't go to the U.K. but to North Carolina instead.

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dailylife

A lucky bet

Sat, 05/26/2007 - 11:44am

I won!I've never really enjoyed gambling but when you're in Vegas you have to at least try it once. Before I left, someone close told me: if you're playing roulette, make sure to put a bet on number 25.

When we came back from dinner, we walked through the casino in the hotel. I was getting ready to go home but I wanted to place at least that one bet. I asked my colleague how it would work and I put a $10 bill on number 25. The lady changed it into a chip and I thought "why is the minimum $10? So much money to lose...".

Well -- the ball fell on number 25 and I won $360! A guy next to me said "who the $%#! are you?!" and I received a handful of coins. I left the table and cashed it at the cashier, and left for the airport.

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travelling

First time in Las Vegas

Fri, 05/25/2007 - 7:47pm

In Las Vegas.We landed in Las Vegas just after 11.00 pm. My first hours in Las Vegas I spent waiting in line. First for a small train from the terminal to the luggage area, then for the luggage. Then I stood in line for 45 minutes to get a cab (reading my magazine) and even at the check-in counter in the hotel there was a 15 minutes line. I arrived in my hotel room around 1.30 am. I quickly tested the equipment that I had brought with me and set it up to run overnight, and went to sleep.

The next morning I felt like I had slept in due to the 3 hour time difference, and there was a Starbucks in the hotel which was very good. I met a colleague and we took a metro rail to the conference center.

We had our business meetings in the morning so in late afternoon so we had a few hours to walk around. My colleagues had been here before but I saw the city for the first time. We walked from our hotel over the strip, towards the Belagio. There was a copy of the Eiffel tower in hotel Paris and we took the elevator to the top.

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americanidol

American Idol 2007 winner

Wed, 05/23/2007 - 10:29pm

So Jordan Sparks won American Idol, good for her.

In the break of the show there was a commercial for a new Fox TV show, New Amsterdam, about an immortal police officer in New York City.

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travelling

Back from Las Vegas

Tue, 05/22/2007 - 7:53am

From Las Vegas.I'm traveling back from Las Vegas, and I'm now in Memphis, TN after a rather short night sleep.

My flight left Las Vegas around 11.00 pm, and with the 2 hour time difference I arrived at 5.00 pm local time... too short! Luckily this airport has a Starbucks and WiFi.

My connecting flight leaves at 9.00 am, in two hours.

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travelling

To Las Vegas

Sun, 05/20/2007 - 10:46am

To Las Vegas.I'm going to Las Vegas!

My flight leaves around 6.00 pm tonight, and I'll arrive in Las Vegas around 11 pm, local time. I'll have a 2 hour layover in St. Paul, MN.

Tomorrow morning we'll give a presentation at an event in Las Vegas. I'll be traveling with a lot of equipment, including 2 laptops.

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Work NC

A plant

Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:42pm

A plant.I now have a plant in my cubicle at work.

There's great story about "duck" that I'll share once later.

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