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Airport bar Family Feud

While waiting in the Tom Bradley International Terminal for my LAX-Brisbane flight, reading a two-month old copy of the New Yorker (yeah, I’m somewhat behind!), listening to Billy Joel’s song Pressure (muzak), being surprised and disappointed by the unintelligible and drawly accent of the Aussie next to me (”yeah, mate, kanoiged’n’athemfroistedglazez - goodonya”) and drinking myself slowly into [...]

Keep checkin’ in!

Oh, and lest you think that our month-long summer vacation might harm my blogging schedule, I will continue to write entries over the the next five weeks! There are still lots of unfinished blog posts (currently 54 saved drafts!) for me to complete.
Don’t give up on me while I am on my extended pub crawl [...]

Break-up party

Our season officially ended tonight at 10.15pm with the conclusion of a concert at the Governor’s School in Erie, PA. Our season-ender was their program opener.
High school aged students (typically rising juniors or seniors) from any educational institution (public, private, home-schooled) receive scholarships to take part in this 5-week-long summer program at beautiful Mercyhurst College. [...]