Американский Бродяга

Judgement

Until now, as previously noted, I’ve been more or less on the fence about the Democratic...

Mar 1st

Dima the Bear to the Rescue?

Mar 1st

Смерть Собутыльника

Received word a couple days ago that a guy I knew in Sakartvelo killed himself, giving me much pause...

Feb 29th

garfield minus garfield

Feb 26th

A New Spin on "Tighty Whities"

Boxers or briefs? Not the choice here. Your alternatives are briefs or boxer-briefs, as I discovered...

Feb 24th

Новости из Нижнего Новгорода

Feb 23rd

回家? Sort of...

One of the benefits of traveling is coming home. This is to say, one thing I got out of Vietnam is a...

Feb 21st

Fidel Quits

Feb 19th

“Kosovo’s declaration created immediate ripples in the former...”
— from the NYT. Um, yeah. I,...

Feb 17th

Yuanyang sunset

Feb 17th

More Notes from Vietnam

Quotable Quotes: “The crumpets have arrived!” Drunk old Brit, extolling the arrival of two pretty...

Feb 17th

Cruising Saigon

Feb 17th

Neat. Duh.

Checkmate and Шахматы share an etymology. How come I never picked up on this before today? Seems...

Feb 15th

"Same Same But Different"

Vietnamese tour guide-speak, borrowed from Thai or Indonesian, pretty much sums up how I feel about...

Feb 15th

Five Second Reviews: Major Cities of...

Hanoi: I’m glad I live in Beijing. Ho Chi Minh City: I’m extremely glad I live in...

Feb 10th

A Rat in the Kitchen

Feb 8th

out with the pig, in with the rat

When I woke up yesterday morning the results for Super Tuesday were rolling in on CNN, and I allowed...

Feb 7th

Suitable??

I am the Anti-Clotheshorse. Generally, I’m perfectly content to wear most of my apparel to...

Feb 4th

War and Remembrance

I suppose it’s characteristic of wars that most of them seen stupid and indefensible from the...

Feb 1st