Costco, anime and hand-crafted beer

Well, I’m back. My luggage is still missing in action somewhere between Washington and Montreal, but I expect it will turn up sooner or later. I keep getting varying answers as to its whereabouts, the frackers.
All in all, my short stint in Virginia was a relaxing one, and much fun and hilarity was had with [...]

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Uh-merikuh the Bowled

Dulles airport of Washington should firstly be renamed to “Dullest”, with the added slogan of “Worst. Airport. Evar.” “Clearly, you do not recall Kolkata airport,” my cousin quipped later. In any case, Dulles, is a badly organized airport, boasting a complete dearth of accurate signage, friendly but uninformed staff, and where you go to claim [...]

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Junited Stace

Well I’m off. I am headed south of the border to visit with relatives for three days over Christmas. My bags are packed, my Christmas shopping complete, and I am properly hung over from a Solstice dinner party I decided would be a good idea to throw last night. I head for the airport at [...]

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I Am an Old Fart

As I get older, I find myself more and more reluctant to enter into a new relationship. It takes much more effort to shift out of my Fabulous Single Life and consider a new one which is sure to be a small series of compromises I must deem worthy or unworthy. Everything’s an effort, now. [...]

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Life, Officially

I have recently brought to my attention an interesting and gently disturbing fact. Apparently, I am not the most approachable of people, most notably in the workplace. I am pleasant, funny, easy to work with, but there is a discernable impregnability I think people encounter in me, and quite early on. I disclose nothing, no [...]

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For the Cause

I danced last week in a fundraiser event raising money to help budding women entrepreneurs from underprivileged regions of the world to start their businesses. It was volunteer on my part, and for a good cause. Let me say this: events organized for artists *by* artists do not always produce the best results. As [...]

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Quizzical

Inspired by both Ms. Sequel and Chicagoan, I have succumbed to the pressure of taking fun, self-fulfilling online quizzes. So here we go…

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