I think it is for tickets, since the sleeping bags look quite nice, but I only see one or two when I walk past, so I can't imagine the demand is great enough to require it ( Read more... )

Spudulike. It sells baked potatoes. Unfortunately, baked potato toppings in England seem to be very different from baked potato toppings in the US. I had the second most normal item on the menu (after chili con carne, which I wasn't in the mood for) -- cottage cheese and chives. Other combinations on the menu include 'tuna and sweet corn', 'prawn ( Read more... )

I've noticed that approximately every single straw in England is a bendy straw. This is strange, because it seems most restaurants in the US have moved to straight straws. The bendy straws are narrow, so I don't like them as much as the generally slightly wider straight straws (I like to drink more rapidly ( Read more... )

http://xkcd.com/443/Read more... )

. . . is an apt description of how this new place relates to the previous place I was staying ( Read more... )

I'll be departing for London shortly (well, the bus station, where I'll wait for a couple hours). I'll be there for another two weeks, about, before heading home. While this trip is great so far, I'm definitely feeling the distance from home, friends, and especially the one I love ( Read more... )

Or whatever they're called here. I've decided they're almost entirely superior to traditional intersections, when properly designed and with drivers acclimated to them ( Read more... )

Of course, now that I say that ( Read more... )

My first day in England is slowly approaching its close. I departed Bloomington a bit after 10:30, and following a one hour flight to Chicago (not counting delays), a nine hour flight to London Heathrow (not counting delays), a four hour bus ride to Norwich (not counting delays), and a 1.5 mile walk to the rooming house I'm staying at, I arrived ( Read more... )

As 'tis my birthday for another four minutes, I thought I might post about a birthday gathering. It will be at my and Chang's place, perhaps at 6:30 or so, if that works for other people. Remember, you have no classes the next day ( Read more... )