Second and Below

Don’t do it, asshole! Wait. Are you one of those people that transports organs for life saving medical procedures? You’re not? Then keep your ass at home. Listen, I know how much it sucks to have a trip canceled. You look forward to something for so long and it’s a bummer when it falls through. Add the financial commitment you’ve already made and it’s hard to give it up. I straight up had an airline file for bankruptcy less than a week before an international trip. You think an airline filing for bankruptcy gives a shit about paying anyone back? Nahhhhhhh. Really, there is no point. I keep getting notifications for cheap flights into cities I know are under quarantine. Sure, $100 is cheap to go Philadelphia but what am I gonna do there? Look at buildings and not eat awesome food because everything is closed? Even if a city isn’t under quarantine right now that doesn’t mean it won’t be eventually. If a city is not under quarantine it doesn’t mean it’s safe. It...

If you look at the places I’ve written about for this blog you might think, “This shithead is never home.” It would be an understandable assessment.   Unfortunately most of the cities are places I have visited for work. When I leave those places I come home…to work. I have not quit my day job and I am lucky to have an understanding boss who realizes I’m the shit. He let’s me take a few days off here and there but I rush to get back. Therefore, when I’m out of town I try to fit in as much as I can. Case in Point: Hannover I was in Germany for the Spoken Word International Festival produced by the poet, organizer, and all around badass Bjorn Hogsdal. The festival was based in Kiel (an hour North of Hamburg) but it took place in cities throughout Schleswig-Holstein. The last show was in a small city called Büdelsdorf. Ever heard of it? Me neither. It was an early afternoon show at the Nord Art Center, an insane art gallery created out of an abandoned steel factory. Nord Ar...