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Separately, the Federal Aviation Administration acknowledged violating its own policies when it assigned only one controller to the Lexington tower.

The reason the FAA established a policy requiring two controllers is that the FAA itself foresaw that having only one controller on duty is not enough to ensure the safety of travellers. Whoever [...]

I returned from my Indian trip on Sunday afternoon. Reunion with my wife was so deliciously sweet! After we arrived home, I had a real shower: no squatting under a geyser to wash under a weak stream of tepid water. I had the real deal, with pressure and hot water! At [...]

Before coming to India, I had sarcastically said that this summer would be the Summer of Diarrhea. I’ve had a few small bouts but nothing major. I was basically bracing myself for something which never happened. I have heard of colleagues however that have been seriously ill during their entire stay in [...]

Today is my last day in Pune for this summer. Yesterday, I said goodbye to my teachers. That was hard.
Now I’m all packed up, ready to head back home and be reunited with my wife. It’s been a long separation. It’s been hard for both of us. Reunion is going [...]

Well, our Last Supper happened tonight. Luther, Ted and Isaac were missing. Jeremy left the program earlier. All the rest of us Sanskrit students were there.
No, I did not cry but tears are shy creatures that show up only when they want. When our cat was euthanized last January I was [...]

Un soi contracté ne peut apprécier le lent et doux ressac des heures, la respiration du monde, le va-et-vien copulatoire qui engendre tout à chaque instant. Dans ce ressac, cette respiration, cette copulation où trouve-t-on ce soi contracté qui n’apprécie rien?

Turns out we’re going to have a “Last Supper” (Jeannette’s coinage for the occasion) on the “Day of Tears” (my coinage).
He’re a mot… er… “promotional” poster:

And a bigger version.
The picture used in the poster is the one I had which had the most students together in one shot. (Ted is missing.) The line [...]

I’ve celebrated Independence Day by being utterly independent. Yipee!

Earlier today I was doing my business in the bathroom. (Newsflash: Louis also has bowel movements. Shocking, I’m sure!) I filled up the bucket as I was sitting on the bowl, for you see we have to flush our toilet with a bucket because the flushing mechanism is kaput. After a [...]

Apparently HP has announced global support for Debian GNU/Linux. This is a good thing.
However, I am confused as to what attitude I should have towards HP. You see, I bought a HP 5550c scanner and I have been utterly disappointed by the performance of the ADF on the said scanner. In response to [...]