Last night I went to the New York City Ron Paul Meetup group’s Tea Party kickoff party. They met in a building on the lower west side and basically packed the place out. They had a projector showing Ron Paul videos up until midnight, and then a DJ spun tunes … Continue reading
I have rated the candidates for President with a percentage rating. I’ll explain my methodology but I wanted to put the ratings right up front. I suppose you could call this the “Varrin Rating”. Here are the ratings expressed as percentage of a perfect score: The Varrin Rating Paul (R):Tancredo … Continue reading
I just sent this email to everyone I know whose email addresses I have: Y’all, This is the first time in years that I’ve emailed every email address I have in my address book. I suppose it would only be right to say hello before I get to my purpose … Continue reading
I was chatting today about foreign countries with a friend and got to wonder where I had visited the most. I could probably reconstruct some pretty exact times between my logbooks and recalling the non-work international trips I’ve taken. But I don’t have that stuff handy, so I’ll just have … Continue reading
I just read through three letters I wrote in 1991 and 1992. Thanks to Paul for sending them. I thought I had kept them but they got lost somewhere along the way. I’m glad he had them! One was to a judge over a ticket I got from a backpacking … Continue reading
I’ve probably ridden trains more this year than I have the whole rest of my life put together. I thought it might be fun to review some of my train rides. In January, Edi came to Shanghai and we had the chance to ride the worlds fastest train currently in … Continue reading
After just under a week of ‘playing’ with my new laptop, I’m calling it good. Initially, I thought I’d just install Mandriva Linux and go on my merry way, but I thought it might be more beneficial for both myself and others to take some extra time and document the … Continue reading
Getting a new laptop for me has been pretty regular: Mid-1998: CTX – screen hinges broke by late 2000 Early 2001: Dell – repeated keyboard problems (poor support) Late 2002: Compaq – just plain died in late 2004 Late 2004: HP – still works! The CTX was the first ‘real’ … Continue reading
