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london part four

(These posts are arranged by impressions, not chronologically. Viewer discretion is advised) Our hotel was full of quaint Europeanisms. You had to slot the keycard in a box near the door for the lights to work. The shower had two dials that I had to wake Misch up, then eventually call down to Reception, to [...]

london part three

(These posts are arranged by impressions, not chronologically. Viewer discretion is advised) Does London have more attractive people because it’s a denser city? Because it’s a more desirable city to live? Or is this the same principle that’s at work in all cold reads – I remember the hits and discount the failures? The eye [...]

london part two

(These posts are arranged by impressions, not chronologically. Viewer discretion is advised) Virgin Atlantic babies its travelers with amenities. Everyone gets the seat-back screen with a catalog of movies, TV episodes, music and knock-off video games. Everyone gets the plastic bag with the eye mask and the footie socks. Everyone gets blankets and pillows. But [...]

london part one

By the time you read this I’ll have been in London for about six hours. I have no idea what my actual London experience will have been by this point. I don’t plan on updating this blog with actual London anecdotes until Tuesday at the earliest. But I can talk about all my prep! The [...]

when seven powers failed to spin me, I had to get me seven more

I like making bold promises on my blog in the hopes that the Internet will hold me to them. This proves that you’re reading. Anyhow, when I went off on my rant about the census, I closed with the following: So I’ll make you a deal. You find me an official Census statement that acknowledges [...]

things are ordinary

1. I’m flying to London next week. I’ll be there Wednesday through Sunday. Anything I should do while I’m there? I hear the city has some culture to it. 2. 3. There is no #3.

and the knocking in my head, just like the knocking at my door

Census workers have been hitting my apartment at all hours. I came home on Sunday to find a “We stopped by to snoop on you” form tucked under my door. Just last week someone rang my buzzer, identifying themselves as a Census worker. And on Wednesday afternoon, a man jogged across the street from a [...]

little fish, big fish, swimming in the water

If you’re at all interested in the promo trailer for Mortal Kombat: Rebirth that bounced across the Internet last week, check out my take on it – and the limits of verisimilitude – at Overthinking It. The explanations for Baraka, Reptile and Scorpion all have verisimilitude. They may not be the most rigorous science — [...]

respect yourself; it’s one on one

Though I don’t follow soccer, nor will I ever, I’ll say one nice thing about it: every goal counts. That’s the beauty of a low-scoring, high-effort game. Every point is worth celebrating. Ripping your shirt off, running around screaming and suffering a dogpile of your teammates aren’t excessive. That’s perfectly appropriate. Given that most of [...]

can you take me higher

Sylvia, her friends and I went to Six Flags: New England this past Saturday. Our first stop was the “Superman: Ride of Steel” coaster*. A Six Flags staffer stood near the entry gate, holding a metal yardstick with a bar across the top indicating the minimum height. As I approached, she stopped me and produced [...]

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