Thomer writes home from MIT, Cambridge
You can read heavily edited/censored, copies of e-mails that I sent/send to friends and family. I write about my life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Some pages contain photos.
April 2001 - ??? : Ph.D. at MIT
Note: I cut out and changed many parts of almost all e-mails to make them "web-worthy". Consequently, transitions and flow may seem awkward.
A beginner's guide to smuggling (October 13, 2004)
The difference between snowboards and nuclear bombs (February 2, 2004)
Guns 'n Jewelry (September 30, 2003)
Have you prayed for your President today? (May 13, 2003)
Photo gallery #6 (April 11, 2003)
Prelude and Variations on a Theme in G minor (February 17, 2003)
Equations, confusion, asbestos (November 14, 2002)
Wheels of Fortune (Bike Tour in Switzerland, July 17-20, 2002)
Pain and suffering (July 3, 2002)
Excuse my incoherency, Mr. Rhinoceros (February 4, 2002)
Photo gallery #5 (November 28, 2001)
Of all things, only Death is immortal (September 18, 2001)
Military Institute of Terror (August 18, 2001)
Does Calvinism come in sprays? (June 27, 2001)
Never say toilet. Say restroom. (May 27, 2001)
Smelly socks in the New World (April 30, 2001)
February - August 2000 : Master's Thesis at MIT
Note: I cut out and changed many parts of almost all e-mails to make them "web-worthy". Consequently, transitions and flow may seem awkward.
Lame statistics (August 23, 2000)
Ranting randomness with 9 fingers (August 3, 2000)
Photo gallery #4 (July 31, 2000)
Denial of Sleep (July 17, 2000)
Denial of Cake (July 1, 2000)
Photo gallery #3 (June 15, 2000)
Double fun (June 14, 2000)
Denial of water (May 14, 2000)
Denial of Passover (April 28, 2000)
Shall I attack thee on a summer's day? (April 12, 2000)
Paper, plastic, people and problems (March 25, 2000)
Photo gallery #2 (March 16, 2000)
A stttttuttering mentally challenged European in Bawstun (March 14, 2000)
Photo gallery #1 (February 22, 2000)
Can you see plus plus? (February 21, 2000)
Americans, jews and a cat (February 12, 2000)
Homo Americana (February 8, 2000)
Click click ding dong (February 3, 2000)
First story from the U.S. (February 1, 2000)