I just knew I wouldn’t be able to trust Moreno and his Napoleonic dilly-dallying, but rest assured, El Oso is back and better than ever. Such a breach of confidence will never take place on this blog again. Moreno has been fully reprimanded and now walks along Brooklyn’s lonely streets with his tail tucked between [...]

This week’s Onion is really funny. I’m not sure if I’ve gotten out of my seat since I last posted a couple days ago. If I have, it probably was just to lie down on the floor for an hour or two. It’s hot out here and we have poor ventilation in our apartment. I [...]

Finally, my plan has come to full fruition: i have toppled Oso and claimed full control of this blog. It was a long, difficult struggle full of resistance (my lack of posting) as well as determination (to my lack of posting). Now as soon as I am handed over the password for the site design [...]

For such a hyper-capitalistic city as Kuala Lumpur, I was pleasantly surprised yesterday afternoon by the lack of advertisements in their subway. (It’s actually an above-ground ‘light-rail-train.’) In fact, rather than the usual Coke or cell phone provider posters, each car has four poems to read while waiting for your stop. Avoiding politics – or [...]

Before leaving home I wrote a freelance article about blogging in San Diego. I put a lot of time into the article – reading just about every single blog listed on SD Bloggers and interviewing a few local bloggers in person (including a very helpful Joe Crawford) and many more by email. Then I submitted [...]

I’m in the process of redoing my links page. I’ve added some Southeast Asian blogs that I have been reading while over here. Check it out.

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My sister sent me an email a couple days ago that still makes me laugh whenever I think about it. Mostly she was just updating me on all her 14 year old drama, but then at the end: have fun in malaysia. i wasnt really there long so i deno if it sucks. your trip [...]

I’m sure Oso has already mentioned it in one of his posts already, but I’ll mention it anyway. This is a blog of a young Iraqi girl living in Baghdad. I think you can attribute that to my lack of postings lately. I found anything I had to say about my own life meaningless when [...]

“I wake up just about noon, my head sends a message for me to reach for my shoes, and then walk. Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a job” This quote from Isaac Brock sums up my life here pretty well, except for the part about walking to my job. I [...]