Shanghaied!

Today’s post is coming to you from 31,000 feet, which means my adventures in China are, for the time being, done. And while the promise of returning to my own bed after a five and a half month absence has its own undeniable appeal – even given the fact that my roommates have converted my effectively abandoned section of the apartment into a storage space that is “a disaster” –...

Apes, Damn Dirty

As in “damn dirty apes.” Now, I know what you’re asking yourself – “Why am I surfing the net when I could be doing something constructive?” Well, I… Huh. Okay, I have to admit that actually wasn’t what I thought you were asking yourself. I figured it would be something about why I mentioned PLANET OF THE APES and…to be honest…you’ve thrown me for a...

Green, And Card Shaped

I have my green card. It’s kind of hard to believe that I haven’t mentioned it until now, but my postmodern heroic task finally came to an end while I was clearing out of Montreal and heading to China. That’s right, folks – I’m officially a permanent resident of the United States. And now that the half-decade of paperwork, fingerprinting and biometrics capturing is over, it feels...

I Have A (Recurring) Dream

Every few months, I have a dream about zombies. Usually they’re pretty much what you might expect – me and a chainsaw against an unstoppable legion of the sewer-dwelling undead, all set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world gone mad. Or, given that armageddon would probably make everyone’s day to day a little off-kilter, maybe it’s technically a post-apocalyptic world...