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Cab Companion – Sao Paulo, Brazil
Originally uploaded by siliconchef
Photos from my trip to Brazil are up on Flickr. I’ll add a few stories from the trip later this week.
Sao Paulo, Brazil – June 15, 2010 – 4:22pm
The point of watching the game isn’t to see the game … it’s to see the fans. That’s my approach to watching today’s World Cup match with Brazil and North Korea. However, failure to plan means I’m watching it in a hotel bar, which isn’t exactly the height of local color.
Still, just seeing the fans in the street before the game tells me I’m not in Kansas anymore.
So far, this quick little trip to Sao Paulo is starting out weird. Just getting into the taxi seems to be fraught with mishap.
Yes, I’ve been out of touch lately. Work is only part of the reason. Hobbies have also contributed. But a lot of it is just needing time to decompress and think about what I want to be writing.
My last business trip to Las Vegas generated a number of photos.
Check out the photo set on Flickr. It’s all safe for work, unless you have a problem with bra-less statues
How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you’re carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. – George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, Up In The Air
Watching ‘Up In The Air’ on an international flight is a surreal experience. Living it for the rest of March is even stranger.