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Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category

Culture Shocks

Some of you may know I now reside in NoVa (yeah, Northern Virginia, I said it), but since 1998, I’ve hailed from coastal Georgia.  There’s a lot about the area that I’m attached to:  proximity to the beach, extremely mild weather (though excessively hot in the summer), prevalent alligators, southern food (fried dill pickles, catfish, [...]

I’ll say it: TSA Officers deserve a break.

Now that everyone’s starting to travel for the holidays, I can already hear the horror stories about how annoying TSA and airport security restrictions are and how you almost laid a bitch out b/c she wouldn’t let you take your $4 liter of SmartWater through security even though you just bought it in the airport [...]

Q.O.T.Weekend

Although it really isn’t possible to pick the most hilarious incident/comment of the weekend that just ensued, one of the top would have had to be the following exchange in my committee simulation of an international terrorist organization:  Head of Propoganda:  ”OK, who here is NOT opposed to human trafficking??”  All committee members:  ::raise placards emphatically in [...]

Back from NYC!

Got back from the city late Sat. nite.  It was really great to be there again and to just have fun w/my friends who went.  We were there to compete, and that we certainly did, but unlike years past, I wanted to truly enjoy my last such event – make friends, enjoy the city, and [...]

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