I’ve finally organized a few of my pictures from Kampala, Uganda into a set. Unfortunately, I didn’t get many good pictures while in Kampala. Most of them are from the window of my hotel room or a moving vehicle.
tags: kampala, uganda, photographs, photos, pictures, travel, africa
I had very high hopes for this book. Unfortunately, the book didn’t live up to my expectations. This book can be summed up by the old adage: “Money doesn’t buy happiness”. This is a realization that I came to a long time ago.
The books lists all kinds of results of [...]
The subtitle of this book is: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. The book describes the environmental state of our planet and our civilization. Obviously, it isn’t a pretty picture. Plan B refers to the plan to save the planet. Currently we are operating on Plan [...]
I just received a few t-shirts that I ordered online from No Sweat Apparel. They sell clothing that is not made in sweat shops, hence the name. The t-shirts are really good quality, especially compared to a lot of the flimsy t-shirts I’ve bought. Maybe children working as slave labor don’t have [...]
I’ve caught parts of the HBO mini-series a few times on the History Channel, but haven’t seen it in it’s entirety. I had always wanted to rent the entire series on DVD. But I figured why not just read the book rather than sit in from of the idiot box.
Band of Brothers tells [...]
I’ve decided to declare war on junk mail. I’m trying to reduce my environmental footprint, and therefore, trying to reduce the amount of waste that I produce. I realized that a good portion of the garbage I create is junk mail that I throw away. I’d always thought that it was futile [...]
I’ve added a new page to the blog: Books. A link to this page will be permanently located under the “other stuff” heading on the sidebar. It’s mostly a list of books that I read and really liked, but don’t feel like retroactively blogging about. Enjoy!
tags: books
Wow! What else can I say about this book. This is probably my new favorite book.
The Poisonwood Bible tells the story of a family that moves to the Belgian Congo to serve as missionaries. The book details the trials and tribulations this American family has living in central Africa. The story [...]