Month: January 2017

When I was little, I wasn’t terribly cute and my awkward phase lasted way too long.  I didn’t have any Dittos jeans and my mom wouldn’t get me a pair of the early Nike shoes.  None of this was helped by the fact that I was a little bit chubby and really unhelpful in any […]

You know what’s missing from my blog?  Well, a lot of things.  But what I’m currently thinking about is how you’re all probably missing my rantings and ravings about how hard it is to eat while I’m traveling, what with the food allergy, my vegetarian propensities and my general finickiness.  But I’ve got nada.  Every […]

I know – it’s a little misleading to start with a picture like this.  You’re all thinking Ron bought this guy to add to the random selection of large statuary that stands outside his front door.  But this isn’t proof of consumer impulse but instead proof of evolution because, while Ron wanted to buy this […]

I have no idea why I felt that a trip to Egypt, a mere four months after the trip to China, might be a good idea.  It’s even more indefensible when you consider that the trip to China happened four months after the trip to Spain and Italy.  What is it about a really cheap […]