Author Archives: Pat Hart

Hope you all had a happy, transformative holiday. I  spent Wednesday transforming apples, pumpkin, pecans, sugar, milk, lard and flour into pies, then spent most of the day on Thursday transforming pie into a fluffy layer of extra pudge around … Continue reading →

Though my foreign language ability begins and ends with “Dos Equis, se il vous plaît!” I still snort at smash ups of English terms found on signs in far away places. Speaking of accident porn and smash ups, check out … Continue reading →

The people of Canada are a peaceful lot, but their critters seem downright thuggish. Encounter a reindeer? God help you. This is not “On Donner, On Blitzen” this is a straight up Hooves of Fury/Antlers of Pain scenario. Hit a … Continue reading →

I am champion faller. If there’s a moist leaf, or perhaps a really dark shadow on the sidewalk, chances are I will take a header over it. My most inglorious public tumble was off a curb, onto all fours, into … Continue reading →

The naturally occurring absurdity of the warning sign delights me. I imagine a beleaguered graphic artist hunched over their keyboard, their pursed lipped boss looming in the background, as the  morning pot of coffee burns away, rendering itself down into … Continue reading →

Tens things you can’t do on a beach in Slovenia: No Soccer, No Swimming, No Biking, No Fishing, No Music No Drinking, No Dogs, No Fires, No… Acting Saucy? and finally No  Smooching! This leaves sitting quietly on a blanket … Continue reading →

The Paris Walking guy not only has a bit of debonair flair with his partially swinging arm and actual feet, he is also only ONE row of lights thick. Compare his slim physique to the Walking  guy in Pittsburgh. Paris … Continue reading →

Generally, the ‘Red Circle and Bar’  means that there are consequences, legal consequences for flaunting the depicted prohibition.  So I wondered what punishment would be meted out for donning this especially saucy stiletto and tromping through the woods in Sochi, … Continue reading →

To All you Cold Cereal Slingers: You will be forgotten before the Cheerios get soggy. Remembering/honoring/appreciating US service men and women is always, always the right thing to do, but must Days Inn simultaneously hawk their truly awful breakfast offering? … Continue reading →

In Czech Republic, rather than leaving it at the simple “DON’T DO THIS” red bar, these sign makers created a little storyboard depicting the consequence of weeing on their property. Not a fine, not an arrest, but the potential for … Continue reading →