Cloudy Day in Abu Dhabi
[iPhone 4 from Sama Tower, 37th Floor]
Among some of my faculty colleagues in New York, NYU Abu Dhabi and the recreation of NYU as a Global Network University remain controversial, if not downright undesirable, projects. Some of my colleagues have gone so far as to engage in e-mail diatribes against those...
Definition: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action (from Merriam-Webster). Example: trying to recycle in Abu Dhabi. Recycling in Abu Dhabi involves taking this ......
As I write in the waning hours of June 20, we are still 3 hours from the June solstice, which (according to the Seasons Calculator at timeanddate.com) is due to take place locally at 3:08 GST on June 21. I grew up calling it the "summer solstice," but that, I now...
hmm….cloudy day or dirty windows. It’s a tossup.