random musings

One of the joys of traveling is the opportunity for chance encounters with folks that you might never meet if you remain on your couch, smoking cigarettes, eating Cheetos, and watching reruns on Nick-At-Night (which is, in actuality, the career path of my neighbor). Without venturing into the world, I would have never met Krishnan the Bicycle Thief or the most famed wigmaker in the UK.

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I have pondered what that statement means many times since I first visited Dublin and came upon it. Graffiti? No. A phrase whispered to me by a man in a trenchcoat as he passed by on a crowded street as code for me to pass the microfilm? No.

The phrase "If You Want A Pizza, Call An Apache" was written in red letters across

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A few days ago, I pulled up the web site for MSNBC and was greeted by the sullen mug of Dick Cheney, looking as grim as ever (has there ever existed a more dour and joyless human being?). Accompanying the photo were headlines, promises of dire consequences directed at Iran. My first reaction was that he was considering taking the country hunting, but I immediately dismissed that idea as impractical. Really, I know that they do manufacture some obscenely large SUVs, but one that could hold an entire country...not yet.

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Pretty harsh words about the Garbage frontwoman, huh? Imagine how surprised I was to find that I was the one that made this statement despite the fact that I find her quite fetching indeed.

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