Back from the Vog
My first day back at work from our 3 week holiday and I'm feeling - not too bad actually.
Kona was great, but it's been suffering from vog (volcanic fog) for the last few months. The whole place is a bit hazy and rich in sulphur dioxide (yum). It was still beautiful and a great time.
Everywhere we stayed had wireless access - so I never really took a break from the Sift. [Cue Persephone rolling her eyes]
Every time I go back to the US I feel a little more like a stranger in my home country. This time it was the little things that left an impression. There's so much water in American toilet bowls! It lets you see your leavings in gory 3D detail as it swishes down.
Also, Cadillac Escalades ... people who buy those - what are they thinking? Isn't a "luxury off-road vehicle" kind of a contradiction? If I paid 50K for an SUV I would not stray an inch off the pavement.
major purchases included clothes and a 7 piece set of Kirkland stainless steel cookware from Costco. I love that place.
Kona was great, but it's been suffering from vog (volcanic fog) for the last few months. The whole place is a bit hazy and rich in sulphur dioxide (yum). It was still beautiful and a great time.
Everywhere we stayed had wireless access - so I never really took a break from the Sift. [Cue Persephone rolling her eyes]
Every time I go back to the US I feel a little more like a stranger in my home country. This time it was the little things that left an impression. There's so much water in American toilet bowls! It lets you see your leavings in gory 3D detail as it swishes down.
Also, Cadillac Escalades ... people who buy those - what are they thinking? Isn't a "luxury off-road vehicle" kind of a contradiction? If I paid 50K for an SUV I would not stray an inch off the pavement.
major purchases included clothes and a 7 piece set of Kirkland stainless steel cookware from Costco. I love that place.
9 Comments
swampgirlWelcome home D and P.
blankfistWow, you took the Cleveland Browns to the Superbowl and it was in 3D!
thinker247One of the best play-on-words I've ever seen.
>> ^blankfist:
Wow, you took the Cleveland Browns to the Superbowl and it was in 3D!
thinker247I wish I could feel strange outside of America. I feel strange enough inside of it, anyway.
I'd love to see someone crash their Escalade while actually trying to off-road, then bitch because it ruined the suspension...and the rims. THEY SPINNIN' NIG... never mind.
I was going to say that Dog the Bounty Hunter had an Escalade...hmm... I like Dag the Bounty Hunter better.
maatcWelcome back!
deathcowVog, thats a new one on me. From the images google images digs up, it can be quite real.
deathcowWhere did you stay?
blankfist>> ^thinker247:
One of the best play-on-words I've ever seen.
Or read.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)
>> ^deathcow:
Where did you stay?
Shared a rental house with my parents about half-way up the mountain in Kona. Maybe the Vog will bring the real estate prices down to range I could afford. I don't mind a bit of SO2 in the lungs if I get an ocean view.
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