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You can now reach me at deathspiral@travelcompany.com
So, for those who don’t know/haven’t guess, I work in travel. We’ll just call my company Travel Company but you could probably figure it out if you paid attention. Travel Company is a privately owned, small tour operator that runs group tours to weird places. Being a small company and being as how the nature [...]
Another International Sad-Sigh
Went to Canada this weekend with my girlfriends. The trip was really fun, until we attempted to cross back into the US. We were “randomly” selected for a full car search at the border and “randomly” I (with my Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan visas) and my friend who has a student visa from Yemen, 4 stamps [...]
Meta: Around the world in 80 Sad Sighs
So, let’s see. In 2008, Sad-Sigh was freaked the fuck out over mosquitoes in India, confused by mustaches in New Zealand, and sexually harassed in Uzbekistan (yours truly, and truly a Sad Sigh worthy event but alas, not one I’m allowed to talk about on a public blog).
Well, we may be miserable, but at [...]
Meta: Idle thoughts
I should be writing a Sad Sigh about how 3″ of snow has virtually killed Seattle, causing buses to attempt to fly and causing me to wait 40 minutes in 20F weather this morning as bus after packed bus passed me because King County Metro can’t get its fucking act together. I could also [...]
Meta: Sad Sigh Makes You A Jerk
When Dennis posted that he had been robbed at the gym again on Facebook, I responded simply with this blog’s title. “Sad. Sigh,” I said, encouraging him to post about his misery so that we could all delight in it.
Dennis asked me to instead post about my schadenfreude over his lost wallet. Well, it wasn’t [...]