Month: May 2011
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Eating Dirty Food as a Clean Eater
I’m sitting outside the Viking Museum in Oslo Norway. The museum is closed, but the little ice cream stand in the otherwise empty parking lot is still open. I’m on my third ice cream. Eating ice cream in Norway is about as nonsensical as it gets. The ice creams are the crappy kind you find…
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Five Rules to Make Friends with Influential People
I’ve been putting off writing this post for a long time because I haven’t quite figured out how to write it and not come off as arrogant. When I’m stumped for a blog post idea, though, this one often swirls around in my head. So I’ll do it today and risk coming across as an…
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Tynan vs. Wild
Almeria turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Our crew, which has grown to nine or so as we’ve made friends aboard the ship, woke up dutifully at 8 in the morning in order to be the first off the ship. Back when I was in the land of plentiful internet, also known as the…
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A Day in the Azores
I’m not generally the easiest person to wake up in the morning, but on port days on cruises, I’m up before the old people. It helps to have free access to the best alarm clock invented– free scheduled room service. Such was the case today, when our ship stopped in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores.…