ThatKidInTheCorner

Say Hello To BountyBowl

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:19:39 -0800

Finally, an explanation of that little gizmo on the right (and what I've been up to of late on the Internets) I originally imagined I would write this post about a month ago. That would be the...

What I Did On My Summer Vacation a.k.a. Dude, Where's Your Blog?

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:33:06 -0800

Where I've been for the past month when I haven't been blogging (and also some ideas about where I've been blogging) Admittedly, things have been a bit dark here on ThatKid for the past month, and...

Why the NBA Gambling Scandal Isn't Actually A Big Deal

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:46:24 -0800

As a season-ticket holder/ paying customer, I feel entitled to an opinion on this So all the sports blathermonkeys have climbed atop their respective high-horsies to tell us that the NBA referee...

New Golf Clubs, Sonics, And Photos Of Food

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:19:33 -0800

And the only reason I'm even writing this is that there's a game on that I'm interested in watching Were it not for the US U-20s playing in quarterfinal of the U-20 World Cup this fine morning, I...

The Long-Short-Long-Short-Long-Short Moving Plan

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:54:00 -0800

The C@L equivalent of moving from W 83rd Street to W 80th Street You'd think after a month of travel and a declaration of abandonment in re: my (now former) apartment that I'd make more of an...

There's A Hole In My Heart Where My Couch Used To Be

Tue, 29 May 2007 23:02:34 -0800

Emergence Day 2 claims my couch, and convinces me that I need to move as soon as possible So I had really really hoped I wouldn't be filing any more bedbug entries here on the bloggy-blog. After...

Springtime for ThatKid In Germany (And Paris): Three (3) Things About Munich (And Paris)

Fri, 25 May 2007 12:29:36 -0800

I mean, at the end of the day, it's all Western Europe, right...? I knew something was up when I got off the plane from Dubai the other day and immediately felt like I was home again. (If that...

The Ballad Of The Whiskey Robber: Three (3) Things About Budapest

Tue, 22 May 2007 05:26:23 -0800

A charming weekend in one of Eastern Europe’s Grand Old Capitals I was a bad traveler last weekend. I went to a lovely city (Budapest) in a cool country (Hungary) and did about three minutes of...

Fly Emirates!: Three (3) Things About Dubai International Airport

Fri, 18 May 2007 08:01:25 -0800

I haven't been this excited about an airplane ride since I was seven Though I said I wouldn't be posting about layovers, we're going to have to make an exception -- Dubai International Airport was...

The World Is Flat: Three (3) Things About Bangalore

Thu, 17 May 2007 02:37:54 -0800

Globalization, multinational tech firms, and cows in the street Let’s begin by admitting what we don’t know about India: everything. That is, we shall obviously struggle to say anything...

Three (3) Things About The Next Two (2) Weeks

Sat, 12 May 2007 23:24:46 -0800

My content strategy for upcoming missions and international visits; now includes half-promises to write more frequently! Aight. My inability to maintain a regular content production schedule...

Donovan McNabb's Mom Is So Totally Going To Be Pissed

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:54:23 -0800

Allow me to be among the first to overreact to the Eagles' first selection in today's NFL draft So this is what I get for feeling fat and happy about the Eagles' decision to trade down out of the...

April Is My NAFTA Month

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:03:30 -0800

And other explanations in re: my extended silence on the electric internets; it has been a while So when I posted something here on ThatKid, I had just returned from a trip to Tokyo which included...

When In Tokyo, Beware The Evil Poison Cookie!

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:25:19 -0800

Who knew individually wrapped snacks could be so perilous? While it had been five years since I'd last visited Japan (layovers at Narita -- overnight or otherwise -- don't quite count), it's...

Hey There Sonics, Been A While

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:47:21 -0800

After a somewhat lengthy hiatus, I caught three games in five days at Key Arena It's been a while (almost two months) since I've posted in re: the Sonics. Odd confluence of circumstances there. ...