Writing
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Your Honor
4247 Gorriti Capital Federal Buenos Aires Argentina Your Honor, On October 22nd I made a stupid mistake on my bicycle. Of course I know that bicycles are supposed to ride…
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Finger Nail Biting Habit (part 2)
It seems that my previous post about nail biting is the shining star on this blog. I understand there are some ghastly stories that would make any normal internet user…
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Things I Could Do Without in Buenos Aires
I absolutely love this city! And with extremely nice apartments in the city and nice beach-side homes for around $60k, not to mention the amazing people I have been meeting,…
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Olavarria Bike Race
I show up in Buenos Aires and I am antsy for some racing action on my bicycle. I go online and look for whatever I can find and come across…
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Running with the Bulls
This entry was pulled from my travel journal from Europe summer expedition 2003… July 12th For Justin, Jen, Mike, and myself, this was our first hard day of travel. An…
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I Wonder Why Taxi Drivers Have a Fire Extinguisher in Their Car?
In most of the cars here and in Brazil, and possibly most of South America, there is always a fire extinguisher. Many times a rather large one. All I can…
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First Road Bike Crash
Going into the last turn of the race with 100 yards to go, sitting in the top 20 spots, two guys crash to the floor, skidding and ripping their jerseys.…
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Loska the Cat
In my apartment in Argentina there are two cats. I am a fond lover of cats and I considered this to be a selling point on this place. One is…
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From a Nail Biting Reader…
This email has been sitting in my inbox for ages and I thought it was very kind of this reader to share his story. Sorry Steve for taking so long…
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I Have Now Performed a Hit and Run
On the way to yoga this last Monday, I am riding the fixed gear down Orange Ave. This road is a long residential road that can be quite busy and…
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Cat Abortion is not a Crime (Update)
A while back I wrote about an interesting story of how, with the help of my fresh-off-the-boat Swedish roommate, we effectively gave a cat an abortion, which according to some,…
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Forced Cat Abortion Is Not a Crime
I have this cat named Mussolini. This cat was birthed from a whore and apparently turned out to be a whore herself. I determined she was pregnant right around the…