Blog from the Loft

I just finished reading Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, a book about Dr. Paul Farmer, or Doktè Paul, as his Haitians friends and patients call him. The book is grippingly intense, showing how Dr. Farmer, with his passion and energy, changed the world for Haiti, Peru, Russia and other places, helping to cure TB and [...]

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I am finally fully converted over to Vonage for my home phone service. Called RCN and they have successfully (two days later) removed my phone service. As a result I also downgraded my bundled service from RCN. Now I have the “power CI” package, cable plus internet. It costs $114 with tax !! Rediculous. I [...]

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