18 January 2007
After soccer
After soccer, a friend asks if I want to go for a beer. I go. It turns out it wasn't a bar he wanted to go to, but a wedding reception. I guess my Czech still
15 January 2007
Topsy Turvy Day
I go to bed with my pajamas on backwards, and so wake up lying on the ceiling. It scares me at first, but I quickly get used to it. Standing upside-down on the ceiling, my head is about
14 January 2007
Admission
Here's an admission: Sometimes two things happen on one day, and on many days nothing happens. So I fiddle the dates of the entries in my blog. God: That's not the only thing you
13 January 2007
Empty seat
There are only two empty seats on the tram- the one beside me and the one beside the man in front of me. An old lady gets on. As she goes to sit beside me, she glances at
12 January 2007
Dirty bird
We are sitting in our post-doc office in Malostranske namesti. A pigeon alights on the window sill. I tell Zoran that I hope it doesn't come in because pigeons are dirty dirty birds. He disagrees. He
06 January 2007
Your problem
A lady comes up to me on the street. Lady: You know what your problem is? Me: Yeah. Lady: And what are you going to do about it? Me: You know. Lady: I'm glad we got
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29 December 2006
Passion fruit
I go shopping. I buy a passion fruit. When I get to the till, the cashier asks me what the passion fruit is. Thinking it'll save me some money, I tell him it's a
22 December 2006
Copenhagen
I fly up to Copenhagen. I will spend the next week and a half solidifying my position as Jack's favourite uncle. I arrive at Copenhagen, and Richard is late coming to pick me up. When he