December 2009
25 posts
Six More Days
Katie left this morning, and I’ve less than a week. Looking forward to being home.
A Non-theist for Christmas
It is strange during this time of the year, when people wish ‘Καλα Χριστουγεννα’ and ‘Merry Christmas,’ to issue a slightly fake smile in return when those phrases are smiled towards me. This is my first Christmas as an atheist. I don’t quite know what to say, so I’ve just decided to return the sayings or just say thanks. To my family in Greece at least,...
Ummm.
I am in Unidici Cafe in Kalamaki, and two women had me search for a Greek plastic surgeon on the computer. Wow. That was really weird but also fairly entertaining.
Updated Reading List
Currently working on Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer.
I’ve finished these:
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen
Envy by Sandra Brown
Papillon by Henri Charriere
The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck (who, by the way, is THE MAN)
Nietzsche: A Graphic Guide by Laurence Gane and Piero
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Entering the Stream edited by Samuel...
Back in Athens
Well I’m back in Athens. Not much to do, hence the quotes by Mitch. Football game’s on. Fun. Thinking of ideas for a book or short story. It’s cold here and I’m wearing my peacoat. It is attractive.
More Mitch Hedburg
Whenever I go to shave, I assume there’s someone else on the planet shaving, so I say, “I’m gonna go shave, too.”
My friend said to me, “I think the weather’s trippy.” I said, “No, man, it’s not the weather that’s trippy, perhaps it is the way that we perceive it that is indeed trippy.” Then I thought, “Man, I should’ve...
“A severed foot is the ultimate stocking stuffer.”
– Mitch Hedburg.
Gift ideas from my favorite comedian. :)
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Recognition of the Cretan Beauties
I am back in Chania, having spent around 10 days in Agia Galini and 4 or 5 days elsewhere. I camped all but 3 of those evenings and met wonderful people along the way. I’d like to list them:
Ioannis and Kanella for your hospitality; Stella, for hosting me on your couch; lady for going out of her way to give me a ride to Zoniana; mafia in Zoniana, for giving me ‘herbal’ tea and...
