http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ The Life of Beth Massa in Amsterdam en Vox Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:16:47 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/reason-3481-to-love-the-dutch.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/reason-3481-to-love-the-dutch.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/reason-3481-to-love-the-dutch.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:16:47 -0800 Not long after Charlotte Sometimes retired to the great-cat-condo-in-the-sky, Michael and I knew we'd want to get another cat. He was ready before I was. I wasn't sure when I'd be. When I was out of town on a business trip, Michael visited the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/reason-3481-to-love-the-dutch.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123ddddda96860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/an-arthroscopic-rescue.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/an-arthroscopic-rescue.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/an-arthroscopic-rescue.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:17:10 -0800 This morning we woke up to find both of our new cats escaped from their room. Since Regen is the shy one, we thought she's be the hardest to find. Found her right away between the couch and the wall (She would later escape again to just as poor,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/an-arthroscopic-rescue.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123ddddd5ea860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/technology.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/technology.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/technology.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:23:09 -0800 Today I worked from home and collaborated in real time on a document with a colleague at the office and in Germany through Microsoft Communicator and webcams. Then I took my laptop to the butcher and showed him a picture of a crown pork roast from... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/technology.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123dddc0036860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/and-it-wasnt-even-raining.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/and-it-wasnt-even-raining.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/and-it-wasnt-even-raining.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:07:08 -0800 It's windy today. Too windy to ride my bike. So I decided to walk to the Leidseplein, catch the 5 tram to station Zuid, and get my train. The trams all stopped lined up on the tracks near the Museumplein with no indication as to when they'd sta... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/and-it-wasnt-even-raining.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123ddbf62e7860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/the-generation-of-perfect-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/the-generation-of-perfect-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/the-generation-of-perfect-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:52:41 -0700 Excerpt from article: In her book Making the American Mouth, Alyssa Picard argues that the postwar orthodontics boom helped the upper middle class get in the habit of paying high out-of-pocket fees to care for its teeth. Ironically, this practic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/the-generation-of-perfect-teeth.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123ddd16d83860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/a-mind-blowing-moment.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/a-mind-blowing-moment.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/a-mind-blowing-moment.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:51:07 -0700 I still have a few friends who claim they don't get social networking. Don't need it. Have no use for it. "I'd rather spend my time in the real world." "I don't want to 'chat' with some person who was a classmate in the first grade who found m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/a-mind-blowing-moment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0123ddc9fa45860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/sometimes-i-feel-very-far-away.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/sometimes-i-feel-very-far-away.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/sometimes-i-feel-very-far-away.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:17:41 -0700 It's 8:30 on a perfect Friday morning. I have already answered 10 work emails. The news of John Hughes' death has arrived. And "Don't You Forget About Me" is still a very beautiful song. The John Hughes's three-pack-- Ferris Beuller's Day Off,... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/sometimes-i-feel-very-far-away.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f011016be99d7860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/america-end-to-end-if-i-were-president.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/america-end-to-end-if-i-were-president.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/america-end-to-end-if-i-were-president.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:56:21 -0700 Having returned from my third MGX, I'm thinking about the reverse culture shock I feel when I visit the U.S. I wrote a post similar to this one around this same time last year, but I cannot help but come away with the lingering, powerful feeling... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/america-end-to-end-if-i-were-president.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0110185745f6860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/charlotte.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/charlotte.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/charlotte.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:40:07 -0700 Shushie Puss pie Shoo Shoo Puss 'n' Boots Charloo Char Chardiechar Charlotte Ruth Sometimes. Here I am waiting for Michael to come home. I've just given him the news. And I turn to this blog. My cat and constant companion for the last 13 years... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/charlotte.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f0110163060c2860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/maastricht.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Amsterbeth) http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/maastricht.html?_c=feed-rss http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/maastricht.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:22:15 -0700 I took Michael to Maastricht for his birthday. Maastricht is a town in the south of Holland that is heavily influenced by its surroundings, that is to say, Belgium. We stayed at an amazing hotel, the Herenkruis hotel, which was once a church an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://amsterbeth.vox.com/library/post/maastricht.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cdf3ab86aacb8f01101669a9fc860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>