Standing in the queue to go through security at LAX, I realised I still had my deodorant in my bag. Like the sly fox that I am, I decided just to walk through anyway and let them confiscate it. They didn’t. My bag made it through with no problems. Well, correction, the bag with the deodorant made […]
Read more "Life Lesson #11 – Air Criminals"When we went to bed at 3:30am on our last night in Vegas we had big plans to get up early anyway. We wanted to make sure we had time to pack our pigsty before checkout at 11. Helps if you take you phone off silent when you set your alarm. We woke at midday. […]
Read more "Life Lesson #10 – Always Set Two Alarms"Today I learned that it really sucks to lock your keys in the car. Especially when you’re in the middle of nowhere. In a snowstorm. What the car looked like about an hour earlier when we went to pack it. I was dumb enough to not just lock my keys in my car, no I […]
Read more "Life Lesson #9 – Locked Out"Today I learned that you should follow baseball if you want to get a room in Arizona. It was late, and I had been driving for six hours. Keeping me going for the last 150 miles had been the promise of a hot shower and a warm bed in Wickenburg, Arizona. I had made a […]
Read more "Life Lesson #8 – No Room at the Inn"Today I thought it was odd that SeaWorld had rides. Then we went on them, and I realised why: all rides at SeaWorld exist to get you wet. —more on SeaWorld after the jump— We had considered skipping SeaWorld, but every list we read said it was the #1 thing worth doing in San Diego. […]
Read more "Life Lesson #7 – Getting Wet"Today I learned that it’s really valuable to remember important numbers, such as your room number. Because if you forget numbers like this, you might wake up an angry black man who glares out his window at you like this: And then, by the time you remember where you live (two doors down), your access […]
Read more "Life Lesson #6 – The Numbers Game"Today I learned that you should always check for strangers with cameras. We were on Oceanside Pier in San Diego trying to take a photo of both of us in front of the beautiful sunset. We had to balance our camera on a rubbish bin and squat halfway down the wall to get a good […]
Read more "Life Lesson #5 – Someone to Watch Over Me"