Author: J. J.
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Food, sights, and culture in Rome, Venice, and Athens
As I mentioned in my previous post, my friend Kurt and I took a vacation to Italy and Greece earlier this month. What follows is a budget-traveler’s recap of twelve days from Rome to Venice to Athens (I don’t think we ever spent more than $50 US on a meal for two – and Kurt…
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Italy & Greece vacation
I’ll be boarding an airplane in just over 24 hours! Will keep this short as I’m testing the WordPress iPhone app – still haven’t gotten comfortable typing more than a few sentences on my phone.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s testimony for space exploration (Senate hearing videos and documents)
Astrophysicist superstar Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson (Wikipedia bio), addressed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday; only three of the committee’s 25 members were present. Below is a copy of Dr. Tyson’s submitted testimony, slightly modified from his speech at the hearing; anyone care to transcribe the entire hearing? I’ve also embedded other…
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Photo Project 365
One photo a day for a year (2012). Now that I have a phone with a data plan, I feel that I can commit to it. Jaynee’s Instagram yesterday morning inspired me to give it a try. You don’t have to start on January 1st, but I’d love to have more people join us. (I’ll…