Wherever you go, you’ve got to bring your stuff. And protect yourself from preventable illness and mishaps and whatnot. I tried to do both of these things before leaving for Suriname, and as usual, I brought a lot of stuff I didn’t need. Here’s where I catalogue it for you and remind myself when there [...]
It all started with an innocent conversation with Anil in the hallway of the spacious and wood-paneled Vancouver Convention Center earlier this year at TBEX. We’d run into each other before in NY, Santiago, and then Vancouver. He’s one of those on-the-roaders, no permanent address people. Not me, got a depto which I [...]
A funny thing happened to me this afternoon during one of two naps that I took. Yes, two. I was in transit for 28.5 hours, during which I slept not nearly enough, and last night I even managed to dream that the turbulence on the plane was an earthquake (remember, I live in Chile), and [...]
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