Saturday, December 19, 2009

Trains, trains, everywhere!

Hey there sweet pea!  I just saw your little sister Mia for the first time today via Skype.  You are such a good big sister!  I think you are both going to have tons of fun with each other.

By the way, Catherine, Miro, Zax and I all just moved into an apartment that sits above some train tracks.  Miro loves to watch the trains go by, and I thought you might also, so here's a video.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Snowflakes

Hello there little one!

Winter is coming, and with it some serious snow in Cambridge.  The little snowflakes that fall from the sky are beautiful if you look at them close up: they are always six-sided, but each one looks different from the next.  Here are some more nice pictures of snowflakes.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Afghanistan

Fortunately, your life hasn't overlapped much with the presidency of George W. Bush, but the consequences of his rule live on.  Don't know what will come of it now, but one of the things he did was start a war in Afghanistan.  Currently, there is a lot of debate about whether to continue.  President Obama decided to escalate the war by temporarily adding a bunch of troops.  Was that the right thing to do?  Perhaps by the time you read this you will know the answer.

Chuck Norris

When I was growing up, I remember watching a bunch of old action movies with this guy Chuck Norris in it.  I also used to watch him on a show called Walker, Texas Ranger, which was pretty terrible but somehow oddly addictive (I'm not the only one out there, amazingly).  Anyway, I just ran across this website called Chuck Norris Facts, which has all sorts of funny "facts" about Chuck Norris.  My personal favorites:
  • There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
  • When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
  • Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris--be thankful you didn't have to live through that guy's career...

Inaugural post

Hey Zöe,

This is the first post of a zeitgeist blog, started (belated) on your 2nd birthday (almost). The idea is to give you some idea of what was going on in the world during your early years through the filter of Götti Arjun.

Enjoy!

Götti