May 31, 2005
Time to Leave Poland When: The Final Dispatch
Time to Leave Poland When: The Final Dispatch THE BEGINNING OF THE END A few days ago I stopped by the local Kefirek to pick up a few odds and ends for the last of my days in Poland and...Read this update
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May 07, 2005
An Arbitrary Affair: This Time It's Personal
Arbitrary- Function: adjective- a: based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something b: existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable...Read this update
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April 23, 2005
Who Does That?!?!
(This one’s for Amanda) It was brought to my attention this week that Poland is having a strange effect on my psychological well-being. I have only recently found intense enjoyment with Internet Backgammon. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at Internet...Read this update
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April 08, 2005
Goodbye John Paul
The frenzy of a week without Pope John Paul II is drawing to a peaceful close. A silence has draped over Krakow, enveloping her into the somberness, giving her a place to cry. Walking through the streets this week, the...Read this update
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March 23, 2005
House Call
While having a drink in a bar one evening, Hari, an Indian journalist, was telling of us about first moving to Poland. He said that one of the hardest things for him to get used to was the cold and...Read this update
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February 05, 2005
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Stop Snowing Already!
As I’m sure most of you have noticed, I spend at least a few sentences in every blog on the cold; I am not going to do that this time. Typically, I regale you with quips on the intensity of...Read this update
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January 31, 2005
Sixty Years On
One of the questions that I keep getting is whether or not I attended the ceremony at Auschwitz. In effect, no I didn’t, for several reasons. First of all, the question of the week was ‘how are you getting there?’...Read this update
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January 11, 2005
Hans Frank Had Good Taste
Angela and I decided some time last year that we would create a Top 10 list of reasons to be an anthropologist. We ended up with a good six or seven, but my favorite one, of course, was #4 ‘All...Read this update
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December 30, 2004
Latkes I Have Known
As the first half of my time here in Poland began nearing its end, I became aware of several important things. First, Poland is a very cold place with cold wind and cold water and cold, cold, cold. With this...Read this update
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December 01, 2004
Turkey Troubles
When I first got to Krakow, I was not only ill but apparently suffering from delusions of grandeur. Even back in September, I had plans, visions if you will, of Thanksgiving and all its glory. People would chide, “But we’re...Read this update
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October 18, 2004
The Yolks of Chernobyl
It really dawned on me on Saturday morning while standing in the men’s toilet with three British men that it had been an extremely odd week. There really was nothing about the week that could be deemed anything besides just...Read this update
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October 02, 2004
My Refrigerator is a Communist...
Greetings from Krakow! Well, things are finally taking off here and I’m quite excited about this upcoming year. Lots of projects are in the works so it will generally be an interesting and productive year. For those of you who...Read this update
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