Archive for mid-afternoon



A Note of Nothing from Cafe Pap


h1 Posted 8 months ago in the early morning by oso

Greetings from Kampala. I’m feeling a little internet overwhelmed these days with a bulging-at-the-seams inbox, an underwhelming outbox, a to-do list longer (and less comprehensible) than the Bahagavad Gita, and a travel/speaking itinerary that would make me look like someone important if only I were.
So here I am at Cafe PAP thanks to the excellent [...]

Coolio, Foolio


h1 Posted 8 months, 1 week ago in the late afternoon by oso

It’s been a tellingly long time since I’ve talked about elation. You never know when this feeling will creep up, but here it is: euphoria, rapture, exhilaration, glee.
Kurt Vonnegut’s uncle used to lament the fact that we so rarely take time to notice the good times. I forget his exact words to commemorate a good [...]

White Guys in Sarongs


h1 Posted 8 months, 1 week ago in the early morning by oso

I’m in Bali right now and if it were not for all the work I have to do in the next week I’d be bloody bored. You can imagine the reactions I get when I tell people I’m bored in Bali. “Oh, poor baby, having to suffer by the beach in Bali.”

To tell you the [...]