Author: Mark Egge

Last weekend Nam Pueng took me to her “village home” in Ayudthaya, which is 80km or so north of Bangkok. The trip itself was enjoyable, and I especially enjoyed feeling like I was actually in Thailand. There are pictures here:http://www.eateggs.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=521 I owe an account of last Wednesday’s Loi Krathong festival, in addition to the latest […]

As the holiday season approaches (or so my calendar says– you wouldn’t know it here!), I guess it’s time for me to announce I will not be participating in Christmas this year, for several reasons. Obviously, there is the logistical issue to consider, and my dislike for the holiday in general, but I think there […]

When I return to Montana State in the fall of 2006, I will live on campus, hopefully in Quad E. And if you’re reading this, odds are that I’d like you to live there, too. Here’s a few of my reasons: In short, living off campus this semester has made me realize how much I […]

As much as I often sometimes (ok– often) complain about my classes here, I must count myself as being so grateful that I’m not in any of the many other classes that I walk past where the teacher sits at the front of the classroom and, in a monotone, speaks into a microphone. Half the […]

Bovard sent me this link to a letter to the editor printed in Bozeman’s Daily Chronicle, quote in full below, which I felt compelled to respond to. I was disgusted to see that the United States was sending aid to Pakistan for the earthquake recovery when here at home we have our own hurricane victims […]