http://blog.karlwinthrop.net The Description is the Connection is the Description. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:37:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From: <karlwinthrop@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 8:42 AM Subject: SMS with {{Ex-landlord}} To: {{Ex-landlord}} <##SMS##Hidden##@unknown.email> Just thought I'd say; you running into me at 19 was kinda fun. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: {{Ex-landlord}} <##SMS##Hidden##@unknown.email> Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM Subject: SMS with {{Ex-landlord}} To: karlwinthrop@gmail.com Lol, it is a small world! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: {{Ex-landlord}} <##SMS##Hidden##@unknown.email> Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2011 ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2011/10/am-i-crazy/ Until a few years ago it had never occurred that there are other countries that struggle with racism. From news footage I of course knew of "ethnic cleansing" and from history I knew antisemitism and xenophobia as abstract concepts. but until a friend of mine lived for a year in ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2010/08/interesting-article-i-found/ I had the best weekend in Delhi so far, even though it monosooned half of Saturday and I was half-sick on Sunday. http://www.delhimetrorail.com/index.htm http://www.nationalmuseumindia.gov.in/ http://ngmaindia.gov.in/index.asp http://www.akshardham.com/ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/delhi/restaurants/386305 http://www.fabindia.com/storesfrontdetails.asp?Indian_Stores=23:National%20Capital%20Region http://club18.in/ http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2010/08/great-weekend/ So far this week we've I've had two nights (8:30 pm - 5:30am local) with my new team. The six guys all seem very intelligent and they look to have a very diverse ethnic backgrounds. All of them have come to delhi to get jobs that were not avaliable in ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2010/07/more-thoughts-on-india-and-the-nature-of-the-world/ After a few days in India I have what I think is enough information to form a first impression.  I hope these change over the course of these weeks here, but I want to get them down so I can  compare and contrast. I suspect that these observations could apply to ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2010/07/first-impressions-of-india/ So I'm bringing the blog back on-line. I'm preparing for the trip of the decade. The number of people that expressed interest in my itinerary and accommodations has been very flattering so I figured I would bring the blog back on-line to keep all the people who care up to ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2010/06/getting-ready-for-the-trip/ The title of the post says it as suscint as possible. But I can't put a whole post of just that one sentance over and over again. Those of you who are single will likely be aware of the emotions - and those of you in relationships are likely recollecting ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2009/05/i-hate-dating/ In last months GQ an essay expounding on the dangers of over-friending people from various parts of ones life that before this brave new age of constant connecteness would have been religated to very specific un-mixing domains. Very rarely would work mix with political activism, friend from the local bar ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2009/04/a-social-networking-conundrum/ For the last two weeks i've listened only to two albums: Matt Alber and Neko Case. While I had been anticipating Middle Cyclone for months, Hide Nothing was a suprise. Comming from seemingly opposite ends of the musical spectrum they both acheive resonant emotional heights by pairing super-human vocal abilities ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2009/03/alber-and-case/ This last Friday (12am showing thank you very much) I saw the highly anticipated moving-picture adaptation of seminal graphic novel Watchmen. Making this movie was a unique enterprise in that it was not just another comic book movie, but  from the onset, publicized itself as being as faithful as possible ... http://blog.karlwinthrop.net/2009/03/the-perils-of-adaptation/