By Alan on July 31, 2010
How hilarious is this? I found these old badges of mine while looking through boxes in my mom’s garage: 2002 2005 2010
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By Alan on July 28, 2010
It’s a terrible feeling to get caught in a lie. Today I told a small fib, then was glad I hadn’t flat out lied when the lady ended up sort of calling my bluff. I was in San Marcos with a few hours to kill in between meeting some friends, and decided to go walk [...]
Posted in Kenya, Miscellaneous | Tagged California, Fry's, Java House, Kenya, lying, Mavuno, Nairobi, North County, San Diego, San Marcos, Zimbabwe |
By Alan on July 23, 2010
I’ve been visiting the USA for a few weeks now. Home is San Diego, California, but my twin sister Randi lives in Portland, Oregon. I have a bunch of old friends strewn along the California coast, so it seemed like a good idea to drive up to Oregon instead of flying. California and Oregon are [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Travel | Tagged Ashland, California, driving, Friends, funny, Oregon, Portland, Randi, recycling, Travel |
By Alan on July 14, 2010
I cracked up this morning when I heard on the news that San Diego Zoo’s “Wild Animal Park” is going to change its name to the San Diego Zoo “Safari Park.” It’s hilarious to me because in Swahili a “safari” is a journey; sure, driving around looking at animals is technically a journey, but really [...]
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