The kindness of strangers, part deux

I’ll just ruin the surprise ending to this story and tell you that my ass was saved yet again by someone nice. I guess I’m just getting lucky this year. I managed to leave my wallet on top of my car after filling up my car with gas in Toronto after the...

Lies

We are expected to believe a lot of things in our daily lives, much of which is patently untrue. For instance, turn on the TV for a few minutes and the lies will smack you in the face. I was watching a new Burger King commercial showing guys chasing around a...

Big in Japan logo

I made a logo for Big in Japan. It’s done in Corel Draw so we can resize it as necessary. It’s based a little bit on my “angry baby” t-shirt from Thailand, and also on photos of sumo wrestlers I found on the Internet. Revised it a bit after I...

Future Photo

I won’t use Future Photo any more. I’m really fed up with the poor quality of prints, and the poor responsiveness of their customer service. It’s really a shame, because I’ve been using Future Photo for a long time for my prints, and they used...

NYC travel arrangements

I’m all set for NYC. I booked seven of us into the Chelsea Hostel near Penn Station. I requested four-bed dorm rooms. Hopefully we’ll be able to get at least one room to ourselves, so we have somewhere to lock up our stuff. I also booked flights for myself...