Cat Yodeling
Posted in cats, videos on April 14th, 2008 by MarkBallewIn the interests of posting not only amusing insight into my life, I’d like to mix it up a bit and present to you a video clip on the art of cat yodeling.
Random comments from international strangers day
Posted in stories on April 12th, 2008 by MarkBallewI went to Trader Joe’s as part of my normal weekend hunting and gathering ritual.
As I was shopping for wine, a bald shaven Aussie said to me “Nice shirt brother.”
I turned his direction only to end up facing his wife, who said, “Oh let me see!”
So I stood there as a random but semi-attractive woman read my No Starch Press shirt.
“Oh, No Starch! I get it, hehehe.”
I also ended up in line behind them, with a cashier that was from Nigeria.
“I’ll need to see some ID.” he told as the check ID alarm went off on the register, so I presented my license to which he said, “Oh, that’s not you. That can’t be you, it looks nothing like you!”
“Sure it is me!” I shot back, thinking perhaps he was just joking with me.
“No, no man, you look much healthier than the person in this picture, how long ago was this?”
He was actually being honest, and during my food purchase we discussed where we were from, how much more people walk in the city, and how he was working for his landlord: each paycheck went to his rent.
The question that remained in my mind on my way home was, am I that much healthier than when I first moved to the city? The photo was from almost 3 years ago, I suppose that’s ancient history now, right?
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