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Trapped in the Desert
Daniel and I are marooned in Jaisalmer, India for our fourth day now. We were lucky enough to get here right when it started raining for the first time in two years. Continuous rain and oddly cold weather pretty much put the city on lockdown. Our camel safari was swapped, we kind of got swindled [...]
We’re not in Los Angeles City anymore, Toto
One of the things I found maddening about L.A. was the sheer number of people roaming the streets midday. I’m not talking about the homeless or even a recently laid off individual, I’m talking about the “kept” people whose spouses are so rich they never have to work a day in their life. My numerous [...]
Butchered at the tailor
Sorry, Daniel, for making this public before you got to privately grieve, but I just had to post this.
Last week, Daniel and I had a townie afternoon that started with Rojoz and ended with wanting to die after shopping for a bit too long at Valley Fair and Santana Row. In between, we went [...]
Persistently Psst’d At
I was standing in front of Abe’s firm (sans Abe) waiting to cross the street when some dude on a bike went, “Psst” at me while riding by across the street. My first thought was gross, but then he kept doing it! He rode a couple more yards, psst’d again, then rode some more, and [...]
Bad Carma
On Friday, after several employees in my company were handed pink slips, I was asked by my boss to stay an extra night in San Francisco so we could meet up Monday to discuss my imminent lay off. Despite dreaming about this for months, if not years, I was still anxious and apprehensive about meeting [...]