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The World's Most Dangerous Road
[January 16, 2008]
I was a high school kid living as an exchange student in Bolivia. I had a bad photocopy of an even worse map of an old Inca trail and a vague set of instructions that went a little something like this:

Doctor, And The Gringo That Isn't
[October 25, 2005]
When I finished my shower, as I turned the water off, I realized a few more people had joined the chorus, and that the phrase was becoming a very loud jumble...

It's A Fucking Rock Pile
[November 19, 2004]
At first, we just sat in silence, as if words required energy we didn't have. Finally, I looked at Jeff and said "That was amazing."

Who Da Ho?
[June 22, 2004]
He of many names thought my theory of little sense was full of lots of crap. To prove it, he and his lovely one-named-fiance took me for a drive.

The Switch
[June 21, 2004]
If there's one thing I've learned about traveling in the third world, it's this: When there's a sign posted in a language not native to the country you're in, you'd damn well better read it.

Having Those Thoughts Again
[April 21, 2004]
Movies are so disposable these days. I'm sick and tired of everything being CGI'd to the point where I'm watching a damn cartoon. Is it Saturday morning? Am I eating Coco Puffs? I don't think so...

She Was The Virgin 'When'...
[April 17, 2004]
Nevermind that the Babylonians thought up the whole virgin-birth deal long before the Christians got around to it... and nevermind that Mary wasn't a virgin - just a virgin when you-know-who was conceived...


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