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 '''Tip:''' as always, start from the bottom and proceed bottom up to keep time flowing in one direction.
 
-=== Thu, 4th ===
+=== Mon, 7th ===
+
+==== Alea Iacta Est ====
+
+As promised...  Yes, indeed.  Everybody please cross their fingers.
+
+
+=== Sun, 6th ===
+
+==== International Dinner ====
+
+FedericoLucifredi and his wife Irena were so kind to invite me at their place for a
+fine dinner with appetizers, SirloinSteak (see pic below), several side
+dishes and... Even a PinotNoir!
+
+http://www.fairburysteaks.com/images/bci-sirloin-round-bone.gif
+
+There were also Mauro -- Federico's colleague at Ximian -- and Irena's
+friend who's a physics professor from Providence and could speak perfect
+French and, surprisingly, even Italian!
+
+What can I say?  I think I got a pound or two that night, but it was
+worth it! :-)
+
+
+=== Sat, 5th ===
+
+==== Cinema ====
+
+There's a cinema in building 26 @ EmAiTee, and it's cheap.
+I'm going tonight.
+
+==== Cursious? ====
+
+If you're curious, my room rent is $500 per month.  Utilities,
+ forniture and DSL Internet access are included.
+
+It's not cheap, but it's also not too expensive for Boston.
+They told me that only Manhattan is more expensive here on
+the east coast.
+
+==== CurriculumVitae ====
+
+...is almost ready.  A friend told me that I'd better have
+also a synthetic resume of 1-2 pages for the impatient.
+I think he's right.
+
+Well, I said I'd be finished by last Monday, but then I
+managed to slip past my own deadline visiting NewYorkCity,
+moving in my current room and in other frivolous ways.
+
+Now I have no excuses: the time has come.  Next Monday I
+''will'' write my proposal.  Seriously.
+
+=== Fri, 4th ===
+
+==== Exchange Rates ====
+
+Looks like I'd better convert all my money to dollars *now*:
+
+ http://www.x-rates.com/d/USD/EUR/graph30.html
+
+What do you think about it?
+
+
+==== StataCenter ====
+
+I forgot to tell you about the kewlest building in EmAiTee:
+
+ http://www.eecs.mit.edu/images/big-stata12.jpg
+
+See also: http://www.eecs.mit.edu/stata-link.html
 
 ==== Fast night ====
 
@@ -23,7 +94,6 @@ The beer was good.  I discovered that a BlueMoon is the
 nearest approximation of a WeisseBeer I can find here,
 and I'm not at all displeased by its taste.
 
-
 ==== Slow day ====
 
 My landlord has recently switched DSL provider and Internet
@@ -36,6 +106,12 @@ they would send a tech today from 8AM to 18PM.  They refused
 to be more specific.  And so I've agreed to wait here to let
 the guy in... I care about it for myself too!
 
+==== Weight ====
+
+By the way, today I'm exactly 150 pounds (use GoogleCalculator
+to get it to SI units).
+
+150 pounds = 68.0388555 kilograms
 
 === Thu, 3rd ===
 
@@ -82,6 +158,7 @@ Massimo: Since Bernie could not give us any picture, I had to use flickr: here t
 
 http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bernardo+innocenti
 
+Piro: what in the heaven is RMS doing dressed like a camp tent? :D
 
 === Wed, 2nd ===