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Last week, I finally bought a toaster. Why did I wait this long? Well, the biggest reason was that I just couldn't really find anything that fit both my demanding tastes and my cheapskate nature. Toasters are somewhat of a luxury item here (I saw some that were $300) so there weren't a lot of cheap options. Second, I don't have any counter space in my apartment and I took a long time convincing myself that I could rearrange things so that I wouldn't have to leave it on the floor. And finally, every time I found one, I either gave up on the purchase because my arms were already full of groceries, or I just didn't have the patience to wait in a ridiculously long line -- electronic stores in Lausanne seem to be chronically understaffed. Anyway, a price/convenience nexus formed at the store near my apartment the other day and I decided to pick up this winning model. Fig. 1: I've tried the "Crusty Normal" and let me tell you, it's a piece of crap c...

Hola, amigos. I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but I have been up to mon cou lately and have not had a lot of free time. OK, a lot of this "busy-ness" business was more of the leisure variety, but with the apartment change and all, it really wasn't until tonight that I've had any free time since my last entry. So, time to catch you up to date! As mentioned earlier, Mike P (of the San Diego P's) is in Stuttgart for a few weeks. As he had already made some plans with work-type people for the following weeks, last weekend was the only free weekend he had to come visit Switzerland. Even though I was somewhat drained (physically as well as financially) by my visit to Stuttgart the previous weekend, I knew that it was a moral imperative to dig deep (p. as well as f.), get on a train, and meet him in Zurich. As I was making these plans though, I was contacted my Dr. Loren Swenson of Grenoble who informed me that he was free this weekend and w...