July 2011
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Update: we have arrived safely in Pattaya, Thailand and are checked in to the...
– Ezra
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Be centralized with respect to direction, decentralized with respect to...
– David Sacks, C.E.O. of Yammer http://nyti.ms/rdmPlu
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Visited an incense “factory” in Mysore Sunday. After the process of rolling the paste on to sticks, the sticks are dipped in oils like sandalwood, rose, or lilly. After that, they are dried and packaged to be shipped around the world.
Next time you want to burn a little incense, remember the blackened hands of this young woman. Everything starts somewhere, consume wisely.
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Visited a Beedi “factory” in Mysore on Sunday.
A beedi ( /ˈbiːdiː/; from Hindi: बीड़ी; also spelled bidi[1] or biri[2]) is a thin, South Asian[3] cigarette filled with tobacco flake and wrapped in a tendu leaf tied with a string at one end.
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30 Days
July 1st. Oh what month. I have gotten into routine here. Funny how quickly we adjust to anything new. By making my days consistant I have found some grounding and also some stagnation. It is hard to leave this beautiful country house.
1.5 hours of city traffic to meet for dinner and drinks with Freddy. Horns, bumper to bumper, and rivers of motorcycles flowing between the buses, cars, and...