Yesterday morning I had decided to go see the Trooping the Colour Parade, but then I realized that it would me going and battling 100s of millions of wild eyed Brits, aching for a view of the Queen. And I realized that if I could be transported over to a prime seat, I would probably go, but since I had seen the parade just last week and I have seen pictures of the Queen, and I have an imagination, and I am extraordinarily suggestable, by next, I’ll think I saw …

That’s right, Julie has it down. Sure she seems all innocent and sweet, and being demure may lend itself to that, but nope she takes my money when I’m in need (in video games). You see her and Rowdy and I played some Everquest type multiplayer game last night where you can be warriors, clerics, elves, etc. Julie employed her take the toughest guy available, kick the crap out of everyone, and then grab all the treasure before anyone else strategy. Now I’ve realized that Rowdy and I have the …

So I have begun the search for a longer term apartment for Michael and myself. I have identified the areas that make sense for us, and I think it is probably best if we have our own place, since Michael will work from home sometimes. Actually, I will too at some point, and I’m guessing room mates don’t want you spreading all your stuff out everywhere. So I am looking at the rental websites and I see a few that look good, email them, and wait for my replies. The …

Okay, it is official. Bachelor life has lost its fun factor.

So I am starting to settle in to regular life in London. Amazingly, I still like it here, even though the brand newness of it all has slightly worn off. By that I mean that I am not really a tourist, or a business visitor anymore, just a regular citizen of London. Londoner? Londonite?
As predicted, the hardest thing for me has been being a little lonely. The good news is I haven’t been achingly homesick yet, and I haven’t cried yet (although I wanted to on Sunday with all the …

I just noticed that I have yet to get up on my soapbox and rant about something yet in this blog. Well, that streak is over…

I heard a story on NPR the other day about fortune cookies. Apparently, there are only three major companies that actually produce the fortunes that we find inside. I found it of great interest when the companies talked about how they had to be careful in crafting the fortunes in the cookies as not to offend anyone because there are certain fortunes that led to …