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More Movies and Another Mountain

What a busy week it’s been. I’ve got so many things I’ve been wanting to post about, but have kept putting it off to get other things done. Parliamentary elections were held on Wednesday and, as with the presidential election, it was a national holiday. My wife worked, but all of my classes were canceled. […]

Pukhan Mountain Pics

Over a week ago, on the 15th, my wife and I made another hike up Pukhan mountain (which I briefly mentioned here a couple of days later). Our previous hike on the same trail had been cut short because we hadn’t been prepared for the ice. This time, we were prepared for any ice we […]

Not Moving

A few weeks ago my wife and I got the bad news that we would have to move soon. No more. For whatever reason, the landlady’s son and his family will not be moving into the first floor this year. They’ve decided to hold off until next year. Additionally, they have extended our lease by […]

Of Birthdays, Mountains, Weddings and Movies

What a long weekend I had. On Saturday, I had to teach for five hours with just over two hours of commute time. A two-hour morning class which would have added an hour to the commute total was canceled that day, so it wasn’t as long as it could have been.
In the evening, it […]

Remote Area Medical

Today I listened to the March 2 60 Minutes podcast and was shocked by one of the stories. I’ve known for a long while that America’s health care system is broken, but it really hit home today just how broken it is when I heard that an organization initially founded to provide free health care […]