Ha. Now I am the first of the Salter brothers to post in this round. Of course I do have big news to discuss, so maybe it's cheating ( Read more... )

A horrible thing happened to me at work today. The company is cracking down on employees and stuff, implementing new bag checks, sign ins, pocket checks, etc. On Friday the manager called my coworker down and then afterward called me down to the office for a surprise pocket check, which was the first time they had done it. We're not technically ( Read more... )

Andrew and I always say you know you're entering Oregon because everything turns green. I say, you know you're entering London when two or three of your five senses threaten to strike due to unsafe working conditions ( Read more... )

I received the Wise's Christmas letter today, and was so excited to get my very own first Christmas letter all the way over here in London! It also made me realize I should take some time for an update ( Read more... )

I finally opened up a bank account today. Aunt Nancy and I were both forceful but polite, and it finally worked. We did complain (not whine, lodge a complaint) about the rude and unhelpful "service" we got at another branch the day before, where the woman kept saying she could see us, then said no, we needed an appointment, even though they said ( Read more... )

It's not even Guy Fawkes' night for 24 hours and you'd think I was in a war zone with the amount of fireworks going off everywhere right ( Read more... )

At the moment I'm reminded of a scene in Sam Mendes' film American Beauty in which a stylish but, we suspect, underperforming real estate agent in the form of Annette Bening enters an empty house with a “For Sale” sign out front. She organizes the interior perfectly, then looks in the mirror and recites repeatedly the words, “I am going to sell ( Read more... )

Today was a great day for some very nerdy reasons ( Read more... )

Dear All ( Read more... )

I found a place to live! I have a bedroom to myself about the size of Lauren's in a Victorian house in the Tottenham area of northern London. The kitchen is large and recently remodeled, the sitting room sunny and colorful, and the garden expansive and full of potential. I have a dresser, a bookshelf, two other random shelves on the wall, a twin ( Read more... )