13th Knot - The Red String

13th Knot

I'm back in the U.S, and the first thing I did was to travel around the east coast tri-state. Visiting New York, Washington, and then returning to Philadelphia. I talk about why I'm writing this blog, my visit to the Philly Zoo, and of course make a tribute to Steve Jobs (who just died) and my Grandfather (who's turning 80). (October 2011)

The Packing Life Cycle

The Packing Life Cycle

The first 40% • Neat • Organized • Categorized The next 30% • Somewhat organized • Somewhat categorized The next 20% • Is there space still left in this box? • Does that item over there fit? The last 10%: • Everything left gets thrown in boxes and hefty bags.

The Mabogunje Brand

Below is my tribute to my Grandfather (for his 80th birthday), shared for your enjoyment. This tribute begins with a question. And that question is: "How many of you here have ever asked or been asked the question 'Are you related to professor Mabogunje?' or perhaps 'Are you related

Kaiji

The most recent anime to make it into my list of all time favourites, is called Gyakkyo Burai Kaiji. I fell in love with the first season about 2 or 3 years ago when I first watched it thinking it was fantastic but sadly a one time hit. Yet the

21 Gun Salute for Steve

21 Gun Salute for Steve

With the death of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. the world has lost another pioneer. The picture above taken at the white house shortly before his death, shows him and fellow pioneers, raising their glasses to the future of American innovation. A future which unfortunately, Mr. Jobs will never

Philadelphia Zoo

Philadelphia Zoo

Last month while my mother was around, we decided to make a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and my mother being who she is, of course had it all planned out. We would get there, ride the P-Z express around the zoo, and get off at each point of interest.

Why I Blog

Whenever I introduce people to The Red StringTM, the first question they ask is: So what do you write about? A question which for me is pretty hard to sum up in a sentence or two. But I always manage to say something passable (at least I think I do)

So Much to Talk About

So Much to Talk About

Hello good people! As you can imagine, the collector's edition of last month means that I have 2 full months worth of happenings to talk about. Add to that the recent events in the world, my renewed desire to talk about anime, and the articles by our contributing authors, and