A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss his use of the car. His father said he’d make a deal with his son: ‘You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut. [...]
Read More...Are you a liberal or a conservative? The following questions will help you figure it out… If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test! If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one. If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. If [...]
Read More...The Taj Mahal may be the most photographed building in the world. Every picture, from every angle, in every lighting, has already been taken, and I’ve seen many of them since I was little boy, yet when I walked through that North Gate for the first time and saw it with my own eyes it [...]
Read More...The only hard part about finding a tour guide at the Taj Mahal is getting to India. The rest is easy. Show up in the Taj Mahal parking lot, and voila! A host of tour guides, book sellers, and other sundry and miscellaneous sales professionals show up before you can even open the car door. [...]
Read More...My son Josh, who’s eight, had just one request before I left for India. he wanted me to bring him back a rock. So imagine my happiness when, after completing a tour of the Taj Mahal, we ended up in a shop that had a wonderful variety of pretty rocks and semi-precious stones. I was [...]
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Read More...As you probably know, cows are sacred in India. So it’s probably not appropriate to use the word “beef,” as that’s more of a food related term. So I knew before I came that cows were sacred, but I never got the full implications of that until I got here. For example, it’s illegal to [...]
Read More...So I knew when I came to India that I wanted to get some custom tailored clothes. It took some local knowledge, but I found a great place and with the help of my volunteer helper, Greeny (real name!), I was able to find the deal I wanted. One hour of measuring later I had [...]
Read More...What’s not in India? The weather, first of all. 120 degrees today! But otherwise, here are some of the interesting news items I found through scanning the hotels paper of choice, The Hindustan Times: In The News Government accepts new figure for poor: 372M Wow. Just slightly more poor people than the entire population of [...]
Read More...Now I know what a 15 hour plane ride is like. It’s easy to describe: Extremely long! Luckily, I made a conscious decision before I left to be as non-productive as humanly possible on my trip over. Usually when I travel, I have my laptop, some books, and other miscellaneous work stuff ready for me [...]
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