More information can be found in the BBC article below. Makes me wonder how creative people might cone together, inside and outside of Syria, to help move information in and out of the country, as happened in Egypt. Syria ‘cut off from the internet’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22446041
Monthly Archives: May 2013
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I very much enjoyed this interview by Eric Danton with musician Josh Ritter. I was impressed by his perspective on being a writer, especially in moments of personal crisis. Referring to the end of his marriage, Ritter says, “This was an important moment for me, it was a big moment […]
We just got a small glimpse of how America found itself fat. Jodi went into a store at the airport to buy a small bag of chips – something to put in her stomach to settle it until our in-flight lunch. She went to the counter to pay for her […]
This semester has been a strange one. This is a teaching leave for both Jodi and me. At SMU, we get such a leave after our third year, to work on the things that need attention ahead of our tenure reviews. I’ve been spending most of my time at CERN […]
One of my friends insisted I document the process of having a basal cell carcinoma (scary name, 99% treatment success rate) removed from my face. I was hesitant at first, but it seems silly not to write about the process of having this surgically removed. After all, what is the […]