In the absence of a coast- to- coast railway system and the increased cost of airplane tickets- riding the bus is the traditional equivalent to covered wagons. Disheveled pioneers wait in long lines to secure a place and stand like packed cattle with all their belongings. They know nothing is ever on time and are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘people’
Geyhound Blues
Posted in life, transportation, Uncategorized, tagged greyhound bus, people, transportation, wild west on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Merits of Babylon
Posted in Europe, immigration, life, Politics, tagged america, immigration, Independence, people, Politics, texas on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shouldn’t we be more like Babylon and less like that soup with so many ingredients that you can’t even distinguish what’s in it?
One Life For Sale
Posted in ebay, life, money, tagged auctions, ebay, life, money, people on March 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This world today is very unpredictable, and occasionally our personal situations become more than we can bear. This is what happened to Ian Usher, a British man, living in Australia. He is offering his life on the auction block in June. As with most anomalies- high school killings, suicides, bombings, kidnappings, -you wonder what brings [...]
