Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category

Things that go bump (in the air)

April 7, 2011emily No Comments »

Among the many idiosyncrasies of air travel, I think perhaps the oddest is a pilot’s tendency to refer to turbulence as “bumps.” The intercom crackles as his voice interrupts the happy place you’ve managed to carve out for yourself. “Well, folks, from the flight deck here… ah, looks like we’re going to be running into [...]

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Penne preponderance

June 3, 2010emily No Comments »

One thing that I saw on menus across England was penne all’arrabbiata. If you’re even remotely a fan of Eddie Izzard, you’re already laughing. If you’re not, by all means, acquaint yourself with his Death Star Canteen bit (and then you must also watch the Lego version). In an interview I heard, Izzard talks about [...]

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Guess who?

May 21, 2010emily No Comments »

Hello! Guess where I’ve been the last ten days? I’d wanted to blog while we were across the pond, but our server conspired against me and conked out the moment we left the house. (It has separation anxiety issues, apparently.) Anyway, I’ve loads more pictures to show you, but for now I wanted to say [...]

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