Home for the holidays (in icy Ireland)

Hello posh people!!!
I’m popping in today to write about my trip home for Christmas. I go home every year to do what most people do during the holidays: eat far too much and do as little as possible whilst fighting with various family members. This year however, we shook things up a little: my lovely [...]

Tales of Marfa

A big hello out there to Pantsworld! John here again. I came around this time to tell you about my recent trip into the desolate wastes of western Texas.  Hmmm.  That was a little dramatic.  It was a bit desolate technically I suppose, but I really rather liked it.
I’ll give you the basic details: my [...]

No! Stop! ‘Till Blizzcon!!!

Hello Pantsworld!!!
John here, reporting from the wastelands of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.  I recently went on an adventure; it’s a pilgrimage to some.  I was excited, I won’t lie, though perhaps not excited as this lady:

Yes, I went to Blizzcon.
Alright, for the uninitiated among you, I should probably expand on what Blizzcon is.  Way, way [...]

Of Dungeons and of Dragons

Hello Pants world!!!
Well, while Miss Posh D is on posh leave doing posh things, I’m back to say hello to everyone and write a blog post of my own. I’m following in Randy’s footsteps here, a man who self-deprecatingly claimed that he was bringing down the cool factor of this most poshest of blogs. He [...]

Asia Pants – The Final Post

Hello all! This is my last post from Asia. I’ll admit, I’m ready to get back to the US. The cultural differences are starting to weigh me down a little, and deep down I’m not sure I deserve to be eating so well. On a related note, I need to not be eating [...]

Asia Pants – Showing Jen around Taiwan

Hello Pantsworld!
Well, I’m still reeling from my mauling at the hands of baseball apologist Josh yesterday, but it’s only fair to admit that I was well beaten.  Under your biased American standards.  Only joking!  Josh won easily, and I bow to you, Josh, the better man.
In between sending Josh e-mails arguing for my favourite sport, [...]

Asia Pants – Let’s all go to the ballgame… and a wedding!

Hey everyone!
Well, it’s been a busy week, I won’t lie. Before the week started, though, I had a chance to relax for the weekend. My dad was in town for our friend Nina’s wedding (more on that in just a bit) and a fellow academic had offered to take me to a baseball [...]

Asia Pants – A trip back home (kind of)

Hey everyone! Well, after the Tokyo trip, I had the very personal pleasure of visiting the Philippines to see some old and dear friends. My father got work in Manila developing low cost housing for the poor when I was nine years old. We followed when I was ten, and by the time [...]

Asia Pants – A week in Tokyo

Hey everyone! I didn’t get up to much in the last week.
EXCEPT FOR WHEN I WENT TO TOKYO!!!
Okay, the horrendous use of all caps must be explained. I have talked about going to Tokyo for years, and it was always blocked by one thing or another. The one thing usually being money and [...]

Asia Pants – Daytripping!

Hey everybody! I think I’ve mentioned before that I lived in Taiwan for two years. I can thus happily say I have great friends in Taiwan, and seeing these cool people for the first time in a long time is helping make my trip a lot of fun. Taiwanese people are incredibly [...]