Bullshit

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 [...]


hello

We just turned 3. And in the meantime I’ve apparently turned 20 again.
Older generations look upon ours with scorn. They say we’ve been brought up with the expectation that no matter how little effort we put into life it is our right to become rich and famous by our late 20’s. Which, in my case, [...]


Watch the smell…

I had the worst headache at work, and was spotted continually rubbing my neck while on a video conference call with my co-worker now based in NY (damn those web cams). So, I ran over a few blocks away to Bed Bath & Beyond to get some tylenol. Some areas of SOMA are actually a [...]


Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 4

11.18.08 - Taronga Zoo, Oxford Street/Darlinghurst
Rachel, Jamie’s friend from The JC was supposed to leave to head back to the States this afternoon.  However, before she was to do that, we decided to go to the Taronga Zoo, on Sydney’s North Shore.  Jamie, who’s been to 167 zoos whilst she’s been here, (including world-famous Australia [...]


Oh, San Jose. What chaos you have wrought in my life!

I am the Scottish flag in the conversation below:

This is a phenomenon I was discussing with Gracie yesterday, and then it came up in conversation with my coworker. Not only did San Jose saddle me to the most boring adolescence this side of Amish country, but it also saddled me to a life of [...]