Archive for June, 2007
Monday, June 11th, 2007
Lonely Planet is the best
Every once in a while, not very often, someone asks me what guidebook to get when traveling. Today I have a definitive answer. Forever, I have always had AN answer, but today, through no desire of my own, I have actually been able to quantify it. The short answer to this questions is, without a [...]
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Saturday, June 9th, 2007
When you are wrong, you’re wrong
It turns out that Americans are actually well liked by hosteliers, second only to the Japanese, and really, if you ran a business where good behaviours make things run smoothly (which is basically every business) who wouldn’t select Japanese as number 1. But it turns out Americans are seen as the second most polite people, [...]
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
Joe Lieberman cost me a date
True Story:
So I am working out at my gym, stretching, when my personal trainer comes over and asks me if I am Jewish. I say yes, look puzzled, and ask why. He informs me that his current client, saw me, thought I was cute (nice to be thought of as cute in the gym) but [...]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Comically bad social engineering
I need to put a big social disclaimer on this post, because the info is coming third hand. I have taken the liberty of posting an email, in its entirety, which my flat mate sent to me, after talking with some Malaysians while on holiday there. I can not comment on the veracity of what [...]
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Strange book titles
So I have been filling out my electronic library on www.goodreads.com with the help of some friends. What that means is that I look through other peoples’ reading lists and then indicate which books I have read, and then add them on to my list. I came across the Piers Anthony Series. He had the [...]
