So for the folks tracking me…I’m in Budapest and leave on a night train to Florence tomorrow.

Today after work I asked a colleague to drop me near the Blockbuster so I could buy a couple DVDs so I have something to do on x-mas. I did that and whilst waiting for the bus a car stops and honks.
It’s a guy who works at a pub/restaurant I frequent. He speaks about 2 words of english, and I’ve had almost no interaction with him beyond saying ciao to each other…Yes, he stopped for me and gave me a ride. I thought that was very nice of him, and a credit to the Italians.
Maybe it’s the small town life, but a semi-stranger stopped for me on the side of the road and gave me a ride. Not bad!

So after Croatia the plan is Sarajevo for 2 nights. I’m still kind of undecided on what to do after Bucarest. Still thinking Romania…

This is the first x-mas I’ve really pretty much had nothing at all to do…good thing I bought 3 movies 😉

My to-do list does not shrink…it just sort of compresses by default. I was saying a couple weeks ago that I need a bigger backpack for this trip. Did I buy one? Of course not!!! I have a backpack that normally holds 3 days of clothes with a strain…Umm…so this is a 9 day trip. Am I screwed? Yes I am!!! I’m thinking sweatshirt every day…thus saving room in the bag…PANTS ONLY!!!
I’ll be chilling at a laundromat in some random European capital.

Originally found here: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ (my favourite economics site)…The link won’t be to this article by tomorrow, but it’s always a great site.
I guess some people don’t ponder the economics when deciding to have children. I suppose that because emotion overrides logic in that case.

and more on the same advertising here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/ads-targeting-nyc-private_n_794496.html?ir=Education

I finished a book this weekend. It was the longest book I’ve read in a while (766 pages). It was great and then in the last 50 pages or so it seemed that it was going to end in an obvious manner…Then the author decided to screw me by turning it into a trilogy or something. I’m irritated. So much so that I’m not going to name the book…the author is a jerk 😉
I’ll probably buy the sequel cuz I’m sucker…