http://killingbatteries.com Leif Pettersen's battery-powered rise to the zenith of travel writing rapture Wed, 14 May 2008 06:42:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bucharest was pretty dreadful, but I've had worse. Naples comes to mind - and that hellhole Andorra la Vella. Or that time in Los Angeles, when I drove from UCLA to Orange County… Nevertheless, I won't be buying property in Bucharest soon or even investing in a 10-ride metro card. ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/05/bucharest-notes-awful-but-less-awful-than-expected/ Actually, I don't really have anything else to say to you guys. I board a flight in just over 24 hours and as soon as I touch the ground in Bucharest, I'll be a blur of over-Red Bulled, under-rested, stress-addled, bilingual jabbering motion for the next four weeks. I could ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/05/when-next-we-speak-ill-be-on-romania-time/ Although it breaks all the rules of travel writing – I say that like I ever learned them in the first place - I'm going to start this destination report on a negative note, so I can get the bad juju out of the way and spend the rest of ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/05/who-goes-to-saipan/ Yes, I'm finally posting what may very well be my least useful destination review ever: Guam. Something like 1.8% of all annual visitors to Guam are Pinkies and having checked my blog visitor stats from the past week, I know that 0.0% of you are visiting from Asian countries (where 95% ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/04/who-goes-to-guam/ Yeah, yeah, I'm posting twice this week, so just get over it already. Take your non-mouse hand, reach up and close your mouth before something flies in there and dies. This relative flurry of posting is partly to make up for my rare, if ever, post frequency while I'm in Romania ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/04/this-is-whats-pissing-me-off-today-april-23rd-2008/ For f*cks sake. What is it lately with idiots in travel media happily volunteering details about their enthusiastic drug use? First the most short-sighted travel writer in the history of the world - since the guy that moblogged the Crusades - regaled us with how he used/traded/sold drugs during his incredibly, ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/04/lets-try-a-new-trend-in-travel-media-dont-disclose-details-about-your-drug-habit-just-try-for-me/ I bet you all clicked over here expecting biblical raving about what everyone else is raving about right now in the form of a "This is what's pissing me off today" to end all "This is what's pissing me off todays". Well, you're not getting it. There's just no point. I ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/04/hello-new-lp-business-cards-goodbye-anonymity/ Some of you may have noticed that yet another window has appeared in the left margin over the past week. The addition of the "Best of KB" window has made the margin well over two feet long now, but I believe it's necessary for the benefit of the tens of ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/04/the-best-of-killing-batteries/ Due to my grueling schedule of world class scuba diving and seven course meals here in Micronesia, I've only just learned that nominations for the annual Travvies blog awards opened last week! There's only one more week to nominate me! Run, run!!! For the second year in a row, the Travvies ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/03/travvies-nomination-time/ Greetings from the hot, sunny, duty free paradise that is Guam! My five day "familiarization tour" is coming to a close. It's been a lot better than I'd expected in virtually every way. Furthermore, I think I may have stumbled upon an earth-shaking revelation: I haven't actually crunched the numbers yet, ... http://killingbatteries.com/2008/03/ever-get-the-feeling-that-youre-being-watched/