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The Tri-Tour Conundrum

I love guests. Since moving to England three years ago I have had the fortune of being host to several of my friends from back home and always welcome more people to my humble abode. This week I was lucky enough to have 3 seperate groups of people pop over the big pond for a [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: deep thought, social commentary, travel | Comments are closed

Greed flies high

I have flown quite a bit, not a lot, but more than most and less than quite a few. I have flown on everything from “Can this legally be considered a plane?”-class on Delta to Executive First on Air New Zealand, one of the best airlines in the air. I have been on Virgin Blue [...]

May 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: social commentary, travel | Comments are closed

Stopping abuse 1.5 pints at a time

Yesterday after a meeting in London and a couple of pints I was approached by a 20-something woman who asked if I had a moment. I certainly did have a moment, so here is our (annotated and slightly abridged) conversation:

Woman – “I work for Amnesty International and they are doing a £27,000 ($50,000 CDN) [...]

April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: cynical, social commentary | Comments are closed

irreverent comments

I have been gone for so long from this blog, my thoughts are now all scattered.

I find that after spending 9 or 10 hours at work on one of these things, I would rather watch tv and eat, then type more into a screen. Sort of like a stripper who is getting ready for [...]

November 11th, 2006 | Tags: , , | Category: random, travel | Comments are closed