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Had a ton of fun in London and Paris. Got to see lots of castles, henges, and sights. I loved being over there. Traveling is great period. Being some place where there is so much history and stuff to see felt invigorating.
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[Monday, April 1, 2002] [08:31 a.m.]
Even the Chinese beat Columbus and Magellan. Zhang He sailed around the world about 1421 according to historian Menzies. I will have to pick up his book when it is published. I've never been a fan of Columbus Day. I think the Norse beat him across the Atlantic centuries earlier.
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[Thursday, March 21, 2002] [01:24 p.m.]
It's been a long day and have 5 hours to go... ugh.
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[Wednesday, March 20, 2002] [12:22 p.m.]
A while back I was listening to a show on journal keeping. Some of the guests were concerned that people who keep an electronic journal might lose those precious memories fairly easily. While I agree that it is much easier to lose things on the computer it is also easy to lose a paper journal in a fire, flood, etc. Losing a hard drive is just much more likely than a natural disaster. They also had an interesting point about email which are the new letters. Email, like snail mail of old, is a very good source of what happened in your life. I have 5 binders full of emails from just 95-98 when I was not as heavily into email as I am now. Of course, people who became famous (and died) have had their journals, letters, and other personal writings published in books. It is better first source history.
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[Monday, March 18, 2002] [07:58 a.m.]
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