5 Mar 2020Well hello, good people. It has been a while since you’ve heard about my fellow commuters. That’s because they’ve been largely peaceful folks, lost in the world of their phones, and leaving everyone else alone. Just as it should be.But today, I have [...]
O'Hare, 28 October 2019 Not exactly my commute: Dashing through the... airport Sprinting through O’Hare like Kevin’s mom, all offspring accounted for (not here), only to discover I’ve lost the ability to read printed boarding cards - and have an entire hour to kill. So [...]
Rick's Fine Chocolates and Coffees, 26 October 2019 Not exactly my commute - Guthrie, OK edition Working in a chocolaterie in small town America today. Strangely mindboggling. More so than it would be on a Thai beach. Or a sidewalk cafe in Almaty. This isn’t [...]
JFK 18 Oct 2019 All in the name of efficiency: Friday tip on how to unintentionally make friends at airports. Picture the scene: Airport security, pretty busy, couple hundred people in line. Finally my turn. I go through that machine where you raise your arms [...]
Home, 20 September 2019 What I’m thinking of? I'm glad you asked. I’m thinking about the human body, these space suits we need to hang around here on Earth, and wondering if it isn’t time for a redesign. And since I’m God (which you already [...]
Oslo - Drammen train 19 March 2019 My commute, the music edition: Is there anything more annoying than people loudly phone-fighting with their significant other on the train? This one is just across from me, face 1 metre from mine. Young girl, maybe 20, looks [...]
Örebro, Sweden 21 September 2018 Not my commute, part... whatever: Fångad av en stormvind. That Eurovision tune is called 'Captured by a Love Storm' in English. And I am indeed captured by a storm. Not a lot of love going on here, though. Just a [...]
