Tag Archives: mcdonalds

Nota Bene #87: Supersize Moi

There’s an old saying in Tennessee

5 Comments Continue Reading →

Celebrating the heroes, damning the cheats, and always loving the game

This Olympics, 2008, we mortals have been in the company of gods. Michael Phelps. Eight golds. Seven world records. Usain Bolt. Two golds. Two world records. No-one who watched Usain Bolt actually break stride, look around, slow down and beat his chest in victory 15 METRES BEFORE THE LINE could have any doubt that you […]

8 Comments Continue Reading →

The Trouble with Paradise, or why Pakistan sucks

Many years of grizzled travelling will give you a cavalier attitude to roadside cuisine and a thick skin to the casual xenophobia which occasionally greets the weary traveller. Most tourists have trouble-free experiences, meeting people grateful for their presence and aware that their daily bread (or chapatti) depends on it. But that isn’t true everywhere. […]

8 Comments Continue Reading →
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 3,675 other followers