I read an article once, by a man whose name I cannot remember, which attributed the differences between occidental and oriental cultures to the incidence…
One night in the autumntime, there was an earthquake in the Coyoacán area of Mexico City. It was early in the hours of the morning,…
The finest and best restaurant on Koh Tao is a cosy little place called Mama’s. The eponymous Mama is a middle-aged blob of a woman,…
I woke up early in the morning and checked out at the front desk with the night manager. I bought a baguette from a street…
5:45am, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta There’s a kind of politeness that’s so polite it’s impolite, you know? Like you can tell the person talking to…
There’s an island off the coast of Honduras, more Carib than Latin, where a lady called Jenny sells cinnamon rolls and men play dominoes at…
They didn’t tell me I’d be reading so I hadn’t brought my glasses. I was standing at the lectern in the school chapel, not a…
It is fabled that when a bird ordains to shit on you, good luck is on the way. I was moving to my new apartment…
I bombard out from the toilets and back into the fray. Behold! Like a painting by Hieronymus Bosch. The Mekong shore is littered with bodies,…
I recently perused an article written by my dear personal friend Gravy, and I was so disturbed by what I read in it that I…
By Bruce Bobtrotter, Dictated to Alistair Johnston, but not Read Most Australian kids go to Schoolies after high school, where they wobble around for a…
“I’m coming up to visit you.” What?” “I said, I’m coming up to visit you.” “I live 14 hours away.” “I’m catching the bus.” “What…
