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No Filter
Today at lunch a waitress sat down with my friend and I. We go to this particular restaurant often and are chatty, so we’re friends enough to sit together during her break, but not enough to make plans outside of the restaurant. She told us that she was raped in the past. Now, this…
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The 2010 Travel Gear Post
Now it’s time for the one post that everyone’s been waiting for. The 2010 Gear Post. For a quick background: my method is to have very few items, all of which are as small as possible and as awesome as possible. The goal is to have a tiny bag but be prepared for absolutely everything.…
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How to Have a Workplace Everywhere in the World for $4.18 a Month
When Todd and I arrived in Panama the second time, we couldn’t find a decent apartment to rent. Prices had gone up by 50% since the last time we visited, and it was Carnaval Season, which crushed availability. So we stayed in a hostel. The location was great, our room was decent enough, but to…
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One Thousand Words a Day
I ‘m actually a few days in to my thousand word a day experiment, and it has now occurred to me that the first day’s writing probably should have been about what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. Better late than never. I listened to good interview with Chris Guillebeau, and he said that…
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The Point of No Return is a Good Place to Be
I now know better than to estimate the time moped projects will take. A quick half hour job turns into a frustrating afternoon after just one or two minor speedbumps. And that’s what happened today. One of my tires went flat last week, but instead of just replacing the tube, I ended up buying new…
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(Not) Overcoming Narcissism
I spent yesterday with my family from Vermont. I rarely visit them, because Vermont is out of the way and doesn’t seem very exciting, but then every time I spend time with them I remind myself how much I enjoy it and how I should go back soon. While I was in Vermont I finished…
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Calories, Talent, Marriage.
By the title of the post, you might think this about to be some amazingly woven story of how restricting my calories helped me build talent and thus get married. Nope. It’s just a post about a few really good books I’ve read recently. Good Calories, Bad Calories Good Calories, Bad Calories, by Gary Taubes…
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Finishing up All You Can Jet
The last few legs of my JetBlue All-You-Can-Jet month should be enjoyable but uneventful (at least as far as blog-worthy stories go), so it’s about time to share my thoughts on it, and a few stories from the month. Soccer in Bogota The highlight of the trip was, of course, Bogota, Colombia. I’ve been wanting…
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The Most Minimalist Shoes in Existence
I had a bit of a love affair with the Vibram Five Fingers. Todd got a pair right before we headed to Tokyo on Life Nomadic 2008, and I was jealous the whole time. Near the end of the trip Vibram graciously sent me a pair (intentionally delayed until after the running of the bulls,…
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Fluidity of Identity
When I lost my sequined hat, which I wore nearly every day for three years, I felt out of place. I was the guy who wore the sequined hat, and now part of my identity was most likely in the hands of an unscrupulous backpacker in Panama. But really, I had been getting sick of…
