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Author Archives: Josh

Again, I’m not dead…

…just ridiculously busy. I even had part 4 partially done before this craziness started; just haven’t had time to finish it. Stay tuned, subscribe via e-mail, or something, and I’ll be back to finish the saga. After that, it’s our move and MD apartment; trust me, you’ll want to be around for that.

The Honeymoon, Part 3, or, when not to visit a major city

After a delicious breakfast1with our B&B host, who turned out to be a furniture and clock restorer in his spare time and an all-around swell chap, we packed up our Astra and headed off to York. That’s about the time my day started to go downhill. Have I mentioned that just about every breakfast we [...]

The Honeymoon, Part 2, or, Recurring Sensations of Impending Death

I learn about driving in England, with all its attendant horrors, and we discover the heart of the Beast in a York-area Tesco.

The Honeymoon, Part 1, or, How Not to Spend Your First Day in London

An overnight flight, train ride, city hike, and ride on the Tube with all our luggage behind us, we eventually end up at our hotel in London.

free time (n.) – see “cruel joke”

For those of you wondering, no, I have not died. I am, however, in a special sort of hell—one in which I am surrounded by boxes, tasks, and a legion of arachnid minions awaiting my commands (but more on that last one later). To be sure, there is much to be said, and updates are [...]

How to plan a wedding, part 1

The first in a psychologically harrowing series of tutorials on how to plan the perfect wedding (or at least mine).

E-mail subscriptions now live (I think)!

Tired of dropping by to not see an update? Quickly getting discouraged that I’ll abandon this new endeavour altogether, leading you to stop checking for updates out of spite? I wish I could say I blame you. As some of you may know (and the rest of you are about to find out), I’m currently [...]