Eating from street food stalls is the most overrated travel thing. The food is almost always disgusting and far better versions of the dishes can be found in sit down restaurants with better hygiene, less spoiled oils, and a far more pleasant atmosphere, that doesn’t cost much more.

The notable exception is from established venues in traditional markets — and these are not really stalls, and more like Limited hour restaurants.

Well said

The secret of life from “He Leadeth Me.”

I had so much fun talking about how to read an outbreak report with you all this week, that I decided to do a bonus post!

Let’s put our skills to use and assess the news that an “unidentified virus” is spreading in Russia. What’s going on and how worried should we be?

Misery is not merely a subjective experience. Man can be blissfully unaware of his own hardened misery.

Understanding this requires looking into a few things: the whole person, and our potential for more.

The person has parts, some of which we bury from our consciousness. Some are so brutal to themselves that to escape the violence and shame from within they escape from themselves into substance abuse, or cruelty and judgment toward others. They might consider themselves happy, but the slightest …