In her last post, Ori told you about her new job. Well, now it’s my turn! In the space of only a few days, my month and a half of job searching suddenly became fruitful. I suppose I should count myself lucky, actually, because Ori has told me stories about how several of her coworkers [...]

I was going to post something about my new job, but I just discovered the coolest thing I’ve seen in a long time, and it definitely takes precedence. So what is it? Well, Venice has finally been comprehensively photographically mapped, allowing you to walk through its streets from the comfort of your internet browser. Check [...]

This past weekend, the University of Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum (of Art and Archeology) reopened to the public. The museum had been closed for the past 10 months, which were spent demolishing previous additions to the back of the historical Cockerell building (1845), and constructing an adjoining building that adds 39 new galleries to the museum [...]

Ori and I didn’t have any big plans for our first Guy Fawkes Night, the big night of fire-related celebrations held in England and elsewhere each year on November 5. But she got word that a group of friends from work was planning to go to Kidlington, a little town just north of Oxford, [...]

The other afternoon, after having registered ourselves with the UK’s National Health Service, Ori and I were walking down Headington’s Old High Street on our way into town. Along the way, we passed a house labeled “Richards Medical Centre”…

Kyle: Oh look, there’s another doctor’s office.
Ori: Yup.
Kyle (examining the sign): Is one of those doctors named [...]