The dashboard is covered with a faded pink shag carpet. Tassels are hanging around the sides of the roof. The speedometer is stuck at 0. In the back are a young boy and a man in his late 30s. Behind them, next to two tires, is my backpack, full of clothes and a bottle of […] Read More…
Monthly Archives June 2007
Driver, Turn South 30th
Outcast 30th
“Fuckin’ mother Arab countries.”This was not a happy story.“14 years I worked in Libya. 14 years. Then they took my money and kicked me out.”The man was in his late 40s and dead sober.“They tell me I’m a spy. They take my money. $300,000. They take my apartment. They take my business.”I risk giving the […] Read More…
Of People and Walls 28th
Jerusalem skyline at night“Jerusalem… Zion… It’s the place where God will create peace on Earth.”I had bumped into the man on a street corner in Tel Aviv at night. He was moving his things and I asked if he needed help. As we walked, I started wondering what sort of life he lived that his […] Read More…
A Parade 27th
From Gay Pride Par…What do you get when you mix a gay pride parade with ultra-orthodox religions? Two years ago there were stabbings and Jerusalem had a disaster for an event. This year, the city added a liberal number of police and military forces. 7,000 to be precise. And the parade went off smoothly.It was […] Read More…
Here’s Something I Should Have Done Months Ago 12th
Why I didn’t install statistics software on my blog at the outset, I don’t know. I would have loved to know more about who’s reading. (Although it is a pleasant surprise to get the occasional email and find someone has been following my travels. This is as much a personal journal as a public record […] Read More…
Home? 12th
From Tel Aviv / Je…What is home? This is a question that’s been on my mind for several years. Whenever I’m feeling down and lonely while on the move, it’s where I want to go. Then where is it? During my travels I’ve found the feeling of home whenever I return to a place more […] Read More…
The Golden Temple 7th
Like the previous India post, this one dates to a short while ago when I was still in that country. It’s taken me a while to finally write it down.A visit to the Taj Mahal is an example of what-you-see-is-what-you-get. There is only a small degree of separation between looking at a picture of it […] Read More…
Inbox Count: 0 7th
This post is more for my own records than anyone else’s general interest. I have zero unread emails in my inbox. This type of momentous occasion (i.e. not being lazy and replying to emails on time) happens only once or twice a year. I’ll enjoy the feeling of cleanliness for the next 2 hours while […] Read More…
A Delhi Night 5th
A quick note: this dates from several weeks ago before leaving India. It’s taken me a while to snap out of the unproductive funk I was in there and write about it.The evening began with an explosion. The last time it happened, my mother ducked and looked around wild-eyed, thinking a bomb had gone off. […] Read More…
Tragically Forgotten 5th
I’ve heard “Can’t Touch This” and “Ice Ice Baby” more and more over the past few years. The question is, if MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice are retro-cool, why not Milli Vanilli? In an effort to fix this injustice I’ve dug up a piece of their golden musical past.One look at this video and I […] Read More…