Disappointing. Mostly because I was never asked to be a spy.
The AP is reporting Peace Corps has suspended its operations in Kenya. I completed my two-year service with Peace Corps/Nepal just before that program was suspended.
Given the nature of the work, the program’s suspension will be wholly disruptive to both the lives of projects of PCVs, who were likely just told to drop everything, leave [...]
If I hadn’t read this on a .gov website, I would have thought it satire.
September 11th Security Fee: A September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 USD applies per flight segment.
So here’s a security fee bearing the name of security failure.
Reality as satire.
While in Kathmandu, I met a number of Binita’s family for the first time. Maybe 50 people. Lots of characters and a lot of khana.
Outside of family, we also managed to meet Prashant Tamang. Binita was happy.
I arrived at the Taj Mahal with an empty wallet. That morning I had paid the driver a few thousand rupees and then paid the hotel another couple thousand.
Our driver loaned me enough money to buy a ticket. So the trip to Delhi has been a success.
Scott is an editor living in Queens, New York, who enjoys language (specifically English). He is strangely fascinated with Web typesetting, if such a thing exists. Scott is married to Binita, for whom he once ghost wrote a blog about court reporting for almost two years. They have been married four.