Today marks the 25th anniversary of moving to Austin on July 28, 2000. Twenty-Five years. A quarter century. That thumbheaded kid who pulled into town on a bleary, humid Friday morning with a job and a carload of hope is still somehow here. But he’s not a hopeful kid anymore — he’s grizzled. The dotcom …
Category Archives: Travel
Travel Up
It has been almost 10 years (September 2015) since my first-ever international airfare trip, to Toronto Ontario; and my tonight wanderlust is stronger than ever. I’ve hit a point in my life where my air miles is higher than my ground years, and now I want to leave the confines of my local country to …
Der Dummkopf – The Fool
This first week of German class has not gone easily. I’ve never done distance learning, so I’m climbing uphill to figure out these learning management systems. The first assignment found me misreading the actual task, and I kept getting the answers wrong; I got distracted with learning the laptop’s Alt-Gr keys (so I can do …
Anfange!
Yay! My German class is now beginning! Ah fick! Meine Duetsch klasse beginnt. Ich jetzt muss lerne.
Big Time
The cruelty of my western life is that, as a young man desiring so much to go out and travel and meet the world, I had plenty of time but no money; and now as a middle-aged man, I have the money but no time. I should start playing hookie more often so I can …