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Aussies Are Fast-Walking Pricks

I was fortunate enough to spend about 8 weeks in Sydney and Melbourne last year while on my gypsy travel binge, and I’d like to share a few quick light-hearted thoughts.

Free Idea: Free (or Cheap As) Community Shipping Service

Last December I was on a major road trip up the west coast of the US with my friend Paul from Arizona when my engine burnt to a crisp outside of Olympia, Washington. I was forced to get rid of just about all of my possessions that couldn’t fit on an airplane, which was not [...]

I’m Lazy, So Shoot Me (What I’ve Been Up To Lately)

Okay, for for the none of you that read my blog on a regular basis, you’d know that back in November of 2007 I wrote my first blog post in over 2 years recapping the previous couple years of my life. In the post I promised a series of 9 following posts to give a [...]

What I Have, and Have Yet, to Learn

Everything I’ve written in the previous five posts should bring you up to date on what’s happened since April 2004. Before I dive into my future plans, I thought I’d share some things I’ve learned and how these will probably shape my future thinking.
WARNING: MAJOR SAP ALERT!!!
More than anything else, this time has showed me [...]

2006 Travels, Back to NZ, Random Jobs, AZ Reflection

During my time in Phoenix, I�ve been able to take some pretty cool trips. First was when my friends Sean and Tim, and my brother Rob came out to visit over New Years ‘06 and we all went up to Las Vegas. And yeah, the place lives up to its reputation. I also went out [...]

Kaidawg, New York City, Tsunami, Phoenix

One of the coolest people I met in Auckland was my very good friend Kai (rhymes with “sky”) who was also one of my O’Rorke podmates a.k.a. neighbors. Anyone who’s ever met her can totally appreciate her coolness, but for the unlucky ones who haven’t, the best way to describe her is to borrow a [...]

Every Country’s ‘Country’ is the Same

I’m sitting in my room and it’s very quiet here in the hall. The reason is that it’s the Easter break and everyone jetted out of the hostel late last week. I actually went up to a little town north of Auckland named Kerikeri where I spent two nights at my friend Jesse’s farm, but [...]

Business Pitstop in Phoenix

woah woah woah things have been kinda nuts here in Phoenix. My cousin Paul just dropped me off at the airport and im now on my way to New Zealand by way of LA and Fiji. This was a really good week. When I got here I wasn’t sure whether or not I would be [...]

What the Hell Am I Doing?

I’m sitting in the Chicago airport waiting for my connecting flight to LA and pondering what the hell I’m doing. I’m on my way to New Zealand by way of Phoenix, as you probably know, and I have to say that over the past few days reality has really sunk in about this whole thing. [...]

“I Feel Like I Forgot Something…”

Two weeks and five days until I begin a new part of my life. Whenever you are leaving your house to run some errands, do you ever have that sense that you’re forgetting something that you know you will remember as soon as you get on the road? I have that times a thousand right [...]