While I’ve usually had at least one furball in my life, repeatedly moving between continents has meant having to resist expanding my furry friend group, until recently.
There are three quotes that are favourites; two well-attributed to Monty Python and Douglas Adams, and one misattributed to both Mark Twain & Ambrose Bierce.
Living abroad (not tourism, which is heavily sanitized) will truly open your mind to what the world is, what makes us different, and what makes us all the same (more than you think).
Intellectually, no, I don’t believe everything happens for a reason. But emotionally, I feel that some things do happen for a reason. How do I reconcile that with my belief in free will? It’s a struggle. Read on…
I could cite Simon & Garfunkle, Johnny Clegg or a bunch of Beatles song lyrics, but I’m going to go with the Boss and two lines from Jungleland.
You don’t really know uncomfortable public embarrassment until Japanese business people have apologised to you. Seriously, it’s off-putting.
A friend asked me what was the weirdest thing I’d ever written. The question sent me down a memory hole.
(Please note that although I write mostly science fiction, this post is about real world politics. Feel free to leave now).
We can all name a university that has an amazing reputation but how well does that reputation reflect the quality of their most recent graduates?
I’ve got three examples to talk about, all cases where businesses I’ve interacted with demanded far too much information from me for what they were giving.
