Tag Archives: humor

August 19, 2007

Concentrated Debauchery

Alaskan salmon season alters the time space continuum. When a work day lasts 12 – 18 hours, you confuse chronology. The shit that happens in one day equals out to a week’s-worth of shit back home, thus one day = … Continue reading →

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July 11, 2007

FISH!

20 June 2007 Our inaugural fish came through the machines yesterday with much fanfare and many problems. Given the brand new status of the plant and machines, problems were expected, but the crazy running around panic of the day made … Continue reading →

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June 13, 2007

Hey…you wanna see something?

When someone says, “Hey…you wanna see something?” you should be wary. Today at lunch one of my co-workers smiled, put his hand over his mouth and smiled again tonguing the gum hole where his front right tooth was a moment … Continue reading →

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May 23, 2007

Oh. Hello there.

Ahh. The career perils of unbridled debauch. I am alive and have resurfaced in Boise, Idaho. Having been on the road through NYC, Europe and the Northwest U.S. o’ A. since early March. I thought two and a half weeks … Continue reading →

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April 25, 2007

Valenthia to Sevilla

March 29, 30 & 31 (Days 17, 18 & 19) : [Like an upsot tortoise, waiting for the bus between Barcelona and Valencia] The Thursday afternoon bus from Barcelona to Valencia gave us our first views of Spanish countryside in … Continue reading →

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April 25, 2007

Barthelona

March 28 & 29 (Days 16 & 17): The overnight bus from San Sebastian dumped us at the Estacio’ de Sants (South Station), Barcelona. Unlike most bus stations where the buses dock underneath or beside, this one you have to … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2007

Guernica/Gernika and San Sebastian/Donostia, Basque Country

Before Guernica was a Picasso, it was a small town that had the shit bombed out of it by German and Italian planes, authorized by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Regardless of tactical theories, the raid left at … Continue reading →

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April 12, 2007

Matalascañas – inescapable paradise

April 10 (Day 29): Alfonso XII is a narrow street that runs between the Fine Arts Museum and the Plaza de Armas bus station in Seville. The car tires on the cobblestones make the same noise they do in parking … Continue reading →

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April 9, 2007

I believe in Bilbao Baggins

Howdy, howdy fuckin partners! I’m half-juiced on fermented Spanish grapes and ever-so-eager to catch you up on my recent Euro travels… [Over the river and up the hill in Bilbao, Basque Country.] March 22 (Day 11): Bilbao was a nice … Continue reading →

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April 5, 2007

Belfast to Bilbao – cinchy as a Rubik’s Cube

Did you know that you can take a multi-hour walking tour of Belfast with a formerly-imprisoned member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA)? I did not have time, but the mention on our bus tour piqued my interest. I will … Continue reading →

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