Author Archives: d4vid

Legit

Posted on December 28, 2018 by d4vid

Duolingo sent me an email urging me to take up learning a new language in the new year.  In the middle of their list of available languages, I found these. But I’ll be damned before I recognize Danish as a … Continue reading →

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Sticking

Posted on December 13, 2018 by d4vid

One of the chefs at the cafe at work commented on the weather by saying, “It’s snowing, but it isn’t sticking.” This California kid had never heard the term “sticking” used to mean “accumulating” in reference to snow.  I have … Continue reading →

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Paperclips

Posted on November 30, 2018 by d4vid

Played this inspired (if somewhat harrowing) in-browser game called Universal Paperclips.  Definitely worth the time to play to the absolute end.

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Autochthonous II

Posted on November 26, 2018 by d4vid

Please forgive the messiness of this mind-dump, but my time in Australia and Thanksgiving has got me thinking a lot about indigenity. and “settler colonialism“.  I found these quotes from a piece on decolonization illuminating: “Indigenous peoples are those who … Continue reading →

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Mystical

Posted on November 25, 2018 by d4vid

Drove up to Mystic CT to visit friends who were in town from L.A.  It reinforced just how strongly England is reflected in New England.  We walked into town (which was hopping, presumably because of the Thanksgiving Day weekend.)  The … Continue reading →

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Parade

Posted on November 18, 2018 by d4vid

My first day home from Australia and I stumbled smack-dab in the middle of some parade through Downtown Stamford.

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Cuíca

Posted on November 18, 2018 by d4vid

“Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man.  This song seemed to be in, like, every TV ad I saw throughout Australia.  Which then, of course, got me thinking about… “Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones.  I hadn’t realized that the … Continue reading →

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Misleading

Posted on November 17, 2018 by d4vid

After landing at JFK, I was momentarily rattled when I turned on my phone and saw this.

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Walkabout

Posted on November 17, 2018 by d4vid

Well, my walkabout in Australia has come to an end. My drive from Sydney to Canberra to Melbourne to Uluru to Alice Springs totaled about 3700 kilometers (roughly 2300 miles) which is like driving from L.A. to Detroit or New … Continue reading →

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Lounge

Posted on November 17, 2018 by d4vid

Back in the Cathay lounge in Hong Kong! More dan dan noodles!

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Fallout

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

As a Cold War kid, I was always taught that Australia would probably be the only place in the world safe from fallout!

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Mine

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid
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Penal

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

Visited the Museum of Sydney and learned about the First Fleet which founded the penal colony of Australia.The HMS Sirius was later wrecked on a reef off Norfolk Island.The first Governor of New South Wales, Admiral Arthur Phillip, sailed with … Continue reading →

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Cantonese

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

Ate at a hip, upscale Cantonese restaurant called Mr. Wong. Literally down a back alley, as all hip, upscale restaurants seem to be.

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Remembrance II

Posted on November 16, 2018 by d4vid

The ANZAC War Memorial honoring the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who died in World War I was completed in 1934.These large medallions by artist Ian Marr echo Simonides of Ceos.An extension of the memorial was added for … Continue reading →

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