Sharlene: “What’s wrong with this place?” Chris: “What do you mean?” Sharlene: “We’ve been here almost 4 days and everything is missing. There’s no roaches, no bats, no rats, no spiders, no lizards, no bedbugs, no mice, no bugs, no snakes, no dogs, no goats, no cows, no rabid diseased animals, no crazy people; it’s [...]
Archive > November 2008
Los Cocos
“For your own safety do not stay under the palm trees in the gardens, this could be dangerous. Please use just the paths of the hotel.” — Hotel Service Guide At some point on the ride to our hotel the word “coconut” was uttered and a million questions ensued. What is a coconut? Where does [...]
La Española
“There are great shocks on this vehicle… for 1968.” — Chris A very apropos statement. As it was, we were careening down a bumpy highway, weaving our way through mopeds, motorcycles, trucks piled high with workers (sitting atop their cargo with shirts off), people waiting for a ride, and animals meandering around unconcerned. It was [...]
Little Surprises
Some of you already know this weeks drama (one of many). I managed to drop my portable photos external hard drive with just enough force and at precisely the angle needed to break the internal arm and separate the platters inside. After sending it off to some company in Toronto that specializes in data recovery, [...]
Ants
It’s 6am in Toronto and already you can see the long lines of traffic wending their way into the city; like a long line of ants marching to some unknown destination. It’s always amazing to me what humans will allow themselves to tolerate.
