As you might suspect, it takes a while to digest a trip like this. I’ve been home for a couple weeks now, and at times it all seems surreal. Sometimes it feels like it happened a long time ago. Sometimes I wake up and forget I’m actually home. It’s hard…
“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline – it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” ~Frank Zappa I wouldn’t say I’m a tremendous fan, but when…
Almost a year ago, just days after I had embarked on this crazy walkabout, a friend of mine sent me one of the more thoughtful emails I’d received in a very long time. And, as it would happen, one that would continue to bounce around in my head for months…
I went to my first NHL game tonight. I’m not much of a hockey fan. As with most Americans, it ranks a pretty distant fourth on my list of major sports behind football, basketball and baseball. It’s amusing, but pretty hard to watch on TV. Given the alternative of college…
I love football. With the exceptions of friends/family, movies and Mountain Dew, football is at the top of the list of things I’ve missed this year. There’s only so much force-feeding of soccer one American can take. And, while rugby is a good alternative, it just isn’t the same. I…