As good as a pint of Guinness

The sweet elixir that flows at 6MB/sec.

We just got our cable modem and wifi set up at the house. I feel like a tool being such a slave to the net, but really... it's my primary portal with my life as it existed two weeks ago. It's also the single most useful tool for acquiring any/all knowledge that I might need over here. You really don't realize how dependant you are on internet access until you are used to having it available 24/7 for several years, and then suddenly find yourself with only sporadic (and typically limited and expensive) access to it for an extended period, in a time when you may arguably find it more useful than ever! It's never been so bad when on a brief vacation, but this situation has been completely different.

Anyways, now that I have it set up, I'm making several pledges to myself: 1) that I will not allow myself to frivolously waste away huge chunks of time doing meaningless stuff on-line in lieu of the opportunities that I have in front of me at the moment. 2) to increase the quality, of posts to this blog. Everything so far since I've left has been rather long, incoherent summaries of the nuances of each day, jumbled and pieced together due to the limitations of when I was able to post. I still plan on posting frequently, but I'm going to try and focus more on observations and perceptions, and less on the 'today I went for a walk. It was nice' type drivel. Although, it's all going to be drivel at some level or another, so we'll just see. 3) Start getting some photos up. 4) Try and sort out the mess with that map on this page or find some alternative. 5) Keep up with other folks blogs better!