I didn’t even see it coming until Tuesday.

I was just looking back through some old website postings that I made when I was in Europe when it hit me: garybutterworth.com is three years old!  Not the xanga, mind you, (and let’s be thankful for that…garybutterworth.com has sucked since it’s been on xanga), but my website in general.  Most of the old stuff [...]

Allez, Gottéron ! (et n’allez pas en vacances)

Sometimes, I plan vacations that I know I won’t take. I’ve probably told this story before: when I was in Strasbourg, for spring break, I wanted to go to Gibralter and Morocco.  Earlier in the semester, I had mentioned my plan to some other students.  I couldn’t get the time off from my internship, but they [...]

Cuisine I’ve tried with my girlfriend

1.  American 2.  Mexican 3.  Cuban 4.  Jamaican 5.  Bolivean 6.  Peruvian 7.  Brazilian 8.  Spanish 9.  French 10. German 11. Italian 12. Lebanese 13. Indian 14. Chinese 15. Burmese 16. Thai 17. Malaysian 18. Indonesian 19. Vietnamese 20. Korean 21. Japanese 22. Bosnian Easy ones to add: Persian (Moby Dick–Georgetown) Afghan (Place near Adam’s [...]

National Geographic Quiz…

48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It’s Hindu by a landslide.) Half of young Americans can’t find New York on a map.http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/index.htmlI missed four this year; I think that’s the worst I’ve ever done.  (How do you define “most fortified border,” and since when did prime-time TV shows measure [...]

News on HPA?

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/114129505994380.xml&coll=1 The middle of the end for my beloved Hersheypark Arena? (The beginning of the end being the Giant Center)

More time in DC than SYR!

Today is kind of a symbolic day, in a way. I haven’t actually kept track to the day, but I have now, over the course of my life, spent about the same amount of time in the Washington, DC, area as I have spent in the Syracuse area. That’s kinda weird to me. In other [...]