"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Tag Archives for cousin
Abroad mind
Regrets, I’ve had a few, but none so big as the one where I kick myself for not having lived and worked abroad in my lifetime. I envy my cousin who was born in Africa, schooled in Indonesia and Denmark, … Continue reading
The field
My cousin rang me late in the evening asking me if I knew anything about the field. I knew nothing. Nothing but the stories I heard as a kid, stories of mythic proportions. ‘Your grandmother owns land’, ‘It’s a rubber … Continue reading
Who’s the bad seed now
My $#*&*%$!! Nokla 3650 broke at exactly the wrong moment, on the eve of the funeral. With a cousin who doesn’t know his way around Amsterdam driving down from Paris to pick me up in the morning. So instead of … Continue reading
C & C meet up
In a about an hour from now, I will be meeting my cousin C., the “my favourite cousin in the whole wide world” type of relative that one usually has way too few of in ones family. In fact I … Continue reading
The last song
“I’m inviting you to my vaudeville “oui encore” you say, “and on with the show” ladies, gentlemen, before I sing to you the light that shines twice as bright, burns half as long.” My uncle R. passed away on Saturday. … Continue reading
Rooted
My cousin’s a man who won’t take no for an answer. Maybe that’s what makes him a good salesman. He insists you haven’t lived, or won’t know about life if you haven’t been to Asia. He insists I should go … Continue reading
