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Re: Starbucks Is Coming To Yosemite, And People Are Steamed

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:43:53 -0000

I would've used a different image, like one of the many Starbucks already at mountain/park destinations (or even the one in the Forbidden City to highlight the point) than a random shop in the UK.

Re: Delta CEO likes to fly on the competition but likes his own airline’s chances

JoshOnTheBus — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:14:15 -0000

You mention Delta's partnership with Virgin America for the New York to London route. Wrong airline. Virgin Atlantic's who you're after.

Re: The Ultimate List of Airlines That Serve Free Alcohol

JoshOnTheBus — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:22:42 -0000

Virgin Atlantic should be a 'yes' under domestic (it doesn't depend on fare type). We feature a full bar service. Bottom's up!

Re: Sweeping cultural generalisations (pt 1)

JoshOnTheBus — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:14:13 -0000

Thanks! "Checks" should remain in boxes on 'to do' lists, and "Chex" should be a delicious breakfast cereal, but "cheques" are the things signed in days of old (or modern America, it would seem).

Re: How have YOU changed since 9/11? How do you think the United States has changed since 9/11?

JoshOnTheBus — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:39:03 -0000

I was living downtown when it happened, and as scary as that day was for New Yorkers, the next two weeks were really the hardest. During that fortnight I saw New Yorkers (I won't say 'Americans' as I'd like to keep it more focused on my experience on the ground, at the time) come together and become the most empathetic, generous and loving community you could imagine.

Eight years later and a lot has changed. I'm going to TOTALLY sound like a douche here, but having just returned from a trip back home I felt a bit like at the end of the 'Sex and the City' movie, when all the old hoes noticed the new kids that were trying to fill their old stilettos, doing exactly the same thing as the original cast, but in a way that the originals would always see as second best.

You'll find smiles in New York that you never would've encountered >09/11/2001. The city has changed forever in that regard. But the smiles (and hugs) that reminded you that you were going to make it through the day - the ones that came from the stranger on the corner or the lady in tears on the subway platform looking at the 'missing person' flyer that - by that point - everyone knew wasn't missing but was dead, or the bagel guy or the super or the UPS man or the familiar faces from the dog walking area at the park or the laundromat or the coffee shop (people you'd never spoken to but recognized and actively HUGGED because you knew you both needed it) - those smiles (and hugs) codified a community I'm proud to always be a part of, no matter where I live.

How have I changed? Hard to say. But I AM just starting to become proud of my American-ness for the first time since that day, this day eight years ago.

Re: http://extrafirmhold.tumblr.com/post/167781054

JoshOnTheBus — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:37:07 -0000

Avatar trailer? Meh. Youtube comments on Avatar trailer? Amazing. Fav: 'If them two cat alien people are gonna have fucking crazy meow-meow sex while shit blows up around them, you can count my drunk ass in! I LOVE WATCHING DIFFERENT SPECIES HUMP DURING TIMES OF CRISIS! Biting and blood and wincing and moaning and some crying (but not sobbing) and slo-mo banging and fuzzy skin against fuzzy skin ...'

Re: Unappetising advertising:

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:51:35 -0000

I must take issue here - biscuits and gravy are nothing but carbs and condiment. THE TWO BEST FOOD GROUPS! Much like poutine, food of the gods, biscuits and gravy is the breakfast of kings.

Re: $450

JoshOnTheBus — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:02:14 -0000

JoshOnTheBus should totally be there helping a friend by being JoshOnTheBooze. Am hoping the $450 has been well supplemented by Dean's scrip meds? Yum.

Re: Why Kristen Wiig is one of the best things to happen to SNL:

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:17:58 -0000

Doh! I kinda heart Casey Wilson. We went to acting school together. And she's super nice. And brought me baked goods on my berfday a few years ago. Today? She is on SNL. And today I am tippytappying blog fodder for an internet portal. One point for Casey! Josh sits at nil.

Re: Bloggers v Journalists, round 378

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:01:52 -0000

I think it's not that different from acting - stage versus screen. Successful stage actors master big and bold for an opinionated audience (i.e. bloggers) whereas successful screen actors need to perfect refinement and nuance for a more mainstream (i.e. journalists). Neither should 'write' the other off because they perform very different functions, and both can learn from the other's storytelling.

I've got some Sydney bloggers I can share with you if you're keen.

Re: JoshOnTheBus - And in the great tradition of Australia Day, that...

JoshOnTheBus — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:41:13 -0000

Two things, actually - see, I'm an over achiever!

Re: Question: McRib

JoshOnTheBus — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:13:17 -0000

The McRib is pure deliciousness. Picture it:
a patty of 'meat' that has been crafted to resemble a bun-sized rack of ribs, that is boneless, slathered in flouro barbecue sauce (of the sweet, tasty macky d variety), and dyed in parts to look as though it were actually char-grilled.
Yummers.

Re: I am depressed, should I:

JoshOnTheBus — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:29:35 -0000

I think you ought:
*Drink four shots of tequila
*Take out a world map
*Close your eyes and randomly point
*Buy a one-way ticket
*Let the adventure you really want take over

Re: EMOTIONZ

JoshOnTheBus — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:27:12 -0000

Too easy. You actually can work legally in two of those three places, and can work that hot little ace of yours on the streets of the third if push comes to ... err ... shove.
"Just pack your hot pants and you'll survive anywhere." ~ words of wisdom from Dad to Josh

Re: EMOTIONZ

JoshOnTheBus — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:03:09 -0000

Buy a one-way plane ticket. It cures the bullet-list dramas and doldrums every time. Check 'somewhere else' out; if the grass isn't greener you can always return. Pack up 'n GO!

Re: Question:

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:31:45 -0000

No need to feel like an ass. I like his other work, just not that book. But the sentiment is true enough!

Re: Question:

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:55:03 -0000

Wasn't this quote taken from the new Augusten Burroughs book? A Wolf at the Table?

Re: Throw your hands in the:

JoshOnTheBus — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:08:01 -0000

Ae-yurr, for purely phonetic reasons

Re: Question

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:24:52 -0000

They are, in fact, amazing. But you will feel ashamed after partaking of this forbidden fruit. (Its worth feeling dirty for.)

Re: For When I Feel Like Sharing - jgh:rkb:jessicalouise: It’s weird how you can...

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:23:24 -0000

I actually think Shi is preparing to smother the thing. You know she's at the bottom of the Brangalooney totem pole, the poor little bitch. Good luck to her!

Re: Never Get Down

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:20:26 -0000

Oh my god! I love it. And, in fact, I bought this very sweater yesterday at a second hand shop (am hoping for culture's sake it was at least fourth hand) as an ironic gift. I might just have to wear it a bit myself first.

Re: For When I Feel Like Sharing - I never went camping as a child. You know why? …...

JoshOnTheBus — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:55:06 -0000

I asked my mom why we never went camping when all the other kids did and she replied, "Honey, if there's anywhere worth going, SOMEONE would've built a hotel there." Couldn't. Agree. More.

Re: Extra firm hold

JoshOnTheBus — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:28:14 -0000

Poor Hannah unsubscribed from your site the second you blogged about Sydney misadventures. You've ruined it for all of us, you cum dumpster!

Re: Extra firm hold

JoshOnTheBus — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:19:29 -0000

love it!!