This post has been updated as of November 19th.  Read below! Well, as some of you who read A Monk Amok at least semi-regularly know, my plans after the end of the academic year next April have been up in the air.  I simply don't have the funds to...

Well, it's been a few weeks again since I last posted anything.  Last Thursday I had two mid-term exams, one for classical Tibetan and one for colloquial Tibetan.  This week, however, is reading week prior to the real mid-term exam period next week,...

Sorry it's been so long since I last posted.  I didn't realize how much time had gone by.  My day-to-day has basically been class, class, class, work-study, study, study, practice, sleep.  My classes are going well so far.  I've been doing well on...

The Case for Killing Granny is an interesting article in Newsweek by Evan Thomas about end-of-life care and the health reform debate.  Most of the article is about money, but it starts with an interesting story: My mother wanted to die, but the...