I agreed to an email interview for a blog recently, and then let the questions get buried in an inbox avalanche. Some time later, and very late at night, I noticed an urgent reminder from her… here follows my somewhat philosophical answers (most of which did not make it into the article). 1. What is [...]
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The Interview That Didn’t Get Used
Posted in Writing on March 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Travelogue: Last Day in Doha
Posted in diaries, Writing on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
//Doha//Thursday//Departure//0400 The alarm clicks on, and a singer fills the pre-dawn room with exotic consonants over a heavy background of strings and a plucked ood. It is 4am here, and in an effort to get on California-time, I will immediately commence to pretend that it is 5pm. I extricate the daily slippers from the plastic [...]
India Diaries #1
Posted in diaries, Uncategorized, Writing on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Day 0 It is late at night. It is early in the morning. We are crossing Northern Canada and the slow undulations of a weak Aurora Borealis tease the horizon. I am watching a Bollywood movie to mentally prepare myself for what is to come. If rickshaw drivers and fruit merchants do not spontaneously burst [...]
Las Vegas in the Year 2000 (part 1)
Posted in Writing, tagged las vegas, NAB, trip report on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently recovered some old documents and discovered a trove of trip reports. This first one is ostensibly about a trip to NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) but is in reality the ramblings of an alien in search of oatmeal in a foreign land. Please enjoy NAB – First Ascent.
The Florida Diaries
Posted in Writing on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
11:38am 18.dec.07 – First Night in the Keys We arrived last night despite being held hostage on the tarmac for 45 minutes by American Airlines. Stopped along the way in Islamorada for dinner in the worlds windiest restaurant. The menu included deep-fried Dolphin, grilled Dolphin, Dolphin sandwich, and Dolphin sashimi. We were much relieved to [...]
