Tuesday, April 25, 2006

To Barcelona

April 25, 2006

Enrico is spending a month at the University of Barcelona, doing mathematical research with a colleague there. Since Ross had a long Easter break, we decided to accompany him there and see a bit of the city. We left Lecco on Good Friday afternoon and reached Cannes for a late dinner with the family of [...]

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Reflections on Travelling in Italy

April 25, 2006

One impression I had of both France and Spain, at least the parts we were in, is that many commercial districts look somewhat seedier than similar areas in Italy. I can’t quite put my finger on why. Shop signs seem more garish, and sometimes worse maintained (fading paint, etc.), and shop windows often look cluttered [...]

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The Nose Knows: Gut-Level Attraction and Repulsion

April 25, 2006

Kerry Bailey wrote in his blog recently: …for some reason I can’t quite pin down I hate morbidly obese people. Just something about them fills me with this unexplainable anger. It’s like this weird sort of intolerance or racism that I’m not quite sure how to squelch. … It’s somewhat ironic that I, as a [...]

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