As an expat spouse, it is easier to attend online training programs than brick-and-mortar ones. Some kinds of learning are just not well done in the online classroom.

It was intended for an audience of one - me. Obviously I have a lot I need to work out. Good luck on all of your travels, and for those of you trying to get in, good luck with that as well.

Better Days in the Big Durian. Who are you and what are you doing here? February 19, 2018. Trying to Pray in Bali. I nodded as best I could, my chin lapping into the water.

My journey to, hopefully, a career in the Foreign Service. Friday, July 12, 2013. Looking back on this as an adult, I guess it shows how much of an asocial perv I must be. But I think it explains my love of the movie Rubie Sparks. It is, intentionally or not, a modern interpretation of the story of Pygmalion. then this movie is for you. I give it 4 out of 4 wannabes! Links to this post.

Friday, January 06, 2006. Today I formally purchased tickets for Pakistan. And as of today this blog is dead. Please direct all of your readership, links, and such to the new blog, The Diplodocus. RIP, Mainly About Food. But onwards and upwards; Islamabad calls. Sunday, January 01, 2006. The Best Sandwich in DC Bar None.

Looking one way, rowing the other. Wednesday, August 04, 2010. I resisted Tumblr for the longest time because people were using it like blogs. It was all hard to read and stupid and linky and things were too long and just like, get a blog or a website already. I am a total crank.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011. So what was I doing there? Sunday, April 3, 2011. Saturday, March 19, 2011.

A blog about life in the U. Foreign Service from the perspective of a newly-hired officer, living life and traveling the world. Sunday, April 29, 2012. Yes, this series is still going. There was no ticket in my email when I woke up.