On return to the USA, the first thing you notice when stepping outside the airport terminal is police cars. There are Massachusetts State Police, Transit Police, Department of Homeland Security Police, Federal Protective Service Police,…

I traveled to Stockholm in Sweden for a series of meetings, two conferences, and visiting with some colleagues. I tried to keep my life the same as much as possible. I rented a bike, rather…

I read an article from the BBC about female genital mutilation(aka FGM). Since my visit to Egypt, I find myself paying more attention to news about the country. I've read a bit about the practice,…

In trying out a new route for the commute by bike into work, I got lost. I ended up on a busy street with 8 directions of traffic in a rotary sort of situation. Not…

## The new blog I signed up with silvrback blogging platform. It's simple, it's Markdown, it's cheap. I'm still migrating the old blog posts over to the new blog. The migration is a work in…