If there’s anything cooler than a British Classics professor with a mean sense of humor, it’s a vegetarian British Classics professor with a mean sense of humor. Today I was walking along in the hot afternoon sun, and who should I happen upon, but Raish! “Sarah! Just the person was looking for,” says he, and [...]
A while ago my dad pointed me to an excellent article from Smashing Magazine about cool new technology designs. I especially like the simple Pock-It, a sticky-note that forms a pocket, and the Dual Music Player which unfolds like a beetle to play CD’s. Even the less practical devices are still creative and beautiful. It’s [...]
I finally feel all right again. I can look at food without feeling sick, but I still feel unreasonably picky: bananas but no apples, grains but no nuts, hard cheeses sound good but not feta. Which is a shame, because I stocked up on fruits and vegetables at the Friday market, and I’ve been busy [...]
I am sick, but if I don’t move, I can enjoy the afternoon sun coming through the windows of my room and gentle breeze. There is even a dove walking around on the balcony, assuring me that I’m not going to die, that this thing is going to pass. Maybe I’ll be able to eat [...]
My vegetarianism is 50% health paranoia and 50% environmental concern, so I don’t begrudge the meat eater their animal flesh. There are many better ways to improve the world than not supported certain industries. That said, I do ask people to be aware of the lifestyle choices they make and the impact those decisions have [...]
Day 1: Clean Monday
Well, I was happy to find the metro and trains running on a holiday. It was supremely easy to get to the station and buy a ticket to Kalambaka. For almost six hours I watched the scenery go by and ate figs — I was worried for a bit because it took [...]
Well, I finally got sick. I think it was the stress of these darned midterms that caught up with me this weekend, but I am more fortunate than some. Mine is only a head cold, while others actually missed exams. I’m also fortunate in that I have had less work to do, and I finished [...]
It is so much trouble to keep up on one’s blog when the internet is two blocks and four flights of stairs away. And I certainly have little inclination to do so when it is a) snowing, or b) sunny. Which we’ve had in rapid succession. Last Sunday we had to come back early from [...]
Cephalopods are amazing. If they take over the Earth, I’ll be first in line to support my new overlords. They can mimic anything with skin like a television screen, and some of them are bigger than Kraken. Their appearance and behavior is so bizarre that at times they seem more like the Old Ones from [...]
I gave directions to someone today. An old Greek woman, slight and animated, asked me as casually as can be where Syntagma was. “Syntagma?” I repeated the only word I recognized, only to recover enough to point in the right direction. Afterwards I wondered if she thought I was Greek — a mistake never made [...]