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| 3rd March 2009 Traveler | Galamountain website - From: Inca Trail and Beyond Hi, Galamountain is really a good tour operator for a Galapagos holidays, an it`s web site is: www.galamountaintours.com In addition, Galapagos Islands are a small paradise in our big world. |
| 12th February 2009 Larry Leventhal | Book Program - From: Helping another Volunteer´s Project I threw in a ten spot in your name. larry |
| 31st January 2009 Sark | Too Brief - From: COS Conference As I've written on so many student papers over the years: you need to elaborate! :) Just kidding, thanks for the details - for the old married couple with two kids in central Ohio this is the closest we'll get to the incredible life you and Sue are living. Its got to be a great sense of accomplishment to have the manual done! Congratulations, what a lasting difference you'll have made on top of the personal work you've done. Looking forward to having you guys back in town, Sark & Kath |
| 16th January 2009 scienceking | Travel to Galapagos - From: Inca Trail and Beyond Our tour company to the Galapagos was Galamountain. I believe that there website is www.galamountain.com. We didn´t have the best experience with them, however, after our trip they changed the things we complained about and gave us a refund. Our trip was great for 4 of the 6 days. The two bad days were because we didn´t have a guide and the person they sent with us didn´t speak English (we paid for English-speaking guides) and admitted that he was there just to shepard us around. Other than those two days our experience was fantastic. Just an FYI, there are a bunch of tour companies that offer trips to the Galapagos and all of them seem to contract with other companies on the islands. For instance, 4 people may be going on the same trip, but all booked with different companies and each paid a different price. My wife and I are convinced that one could go to the Galapagos and arrange trips from there, thus spending a lot less. We saw a lot of ads for last minute trips at reduced prices. |
| 16th January 2009 K | Tour Companies - From: Inca Trail and Beyond Hi! Can you recommend your, or other tour companies? |
| 30th December 2008 John Jones | Galapagos adventure! - From: Kay and John visit Ecuador I was reading through your blog and wanted to comment about your travel agency you used. I noticed that their were a lot of hiccups and it caught my eye because I didn't have any problems with my travel agency. My wife and I took the Galapagos Cruise and went on the Galapagos Exlporer II. I was a little nervous at first because it is a small ship and I get seasick, but it was very stable. We had a marvelous time and our travel package included everything (flight, cruise, and food). If you or your group are planning on taking the trip again I highly recommend Wildlife Vacations, Inc. And, they don't charge a fee for credit cards! I will give you their contact info just in case: Website: www.galapagos-inc.com Email: reservations@wildlife-vacations.com Happy Traveling, John Jones |
| 30th December 2008 Quentin | Euchre Spokesman - From: Kay and John visit Ecuador I think you should become the international spokesman for the game of Euchre. I had never heard of it before reading your blogs. Hope all is well. It has been great following your PC adventures. |
| 24th November 2008 bryan | my eyes - From: In Pain "Ow, my eyes, the acid is burning my eyes, these goggles do nothing." |
| 24th November 2008 bryan | politics - From: Fiestas I was going to read your whole blog entry, but then it started getting all political and I figured since you're in the peace corps you're probably one of them liberal types. I just can't stand hearing about your bleeding heart ideas. I'll just check in on the next entry and hope you're done spilling your guts. |
| 21st November 2008 Chris | - From: Heading to Machu Picchu The makers mark seems to have wiped away whatever sickness hit me yesterday, so count on me being there to ensure the Bucks nail down the fifth in a row! I had only been married a couple months the last time OSU lost to UM. Think about that. |
| 18th November 2008 scienceking | All Good - From: Easy Bake and my Toaster Oven No, I liked trying the Easy Bake recipes - just making fun of myself. |
| 18th November 2008 Kelly | sorry for making an easy task so challenging - From: Easy Bake and my Toaster Oven We thought you'd enjoy these, sorry they were not so 'easy' to 'bake'. We'll skip that chapter in the cookbook. |
| 11th November 2008 Megs | I still have the original easy bake! - From: Easy Bake and my Toaster Oven Mom and Dad handed over the circa 1979 easy bake oven a year or so back, so if you really want to experience a real easy bake oven cake, let me know! |
| 9th November 2008 chris | - From: Fiestas dude the Iraq war isn't about oil. it's about real estate. have you seen the shit they are doing in U.A.E.? That place is the new vegas, and soon we will own all the suburbs. GOLDMINE! I like your thoughts on McCain. The biggest reason I have supported him for all these years is he was so close to the middle. Hell he almost switched parties about 3 times. In the end though, he needed the support of the staunch conservatives, in order to get the nom. That of course was his downfall. Let's see, Joe Lieberman, or Sarah Palin? Hmmmm, thats a tuffy. Years of public service, and respectabillity, and a proven record of crossing party lines, despite one's own image, and political well being. The dude who championed the most aggressive appraoch to tackling climate change in the U.S., to his own demise. vs. the hot chick, who may or may not know that Africa isn't a country. She was really hot though. You should have seen the pics of her in jeans when she voted. That kinda hot, makes up for a whole lot of stupid. It is funny though. Both being Senators from AZ. Goldwater, and McCain. both fell victim to having to appeal to the conservative far right, and it killed them in the end. |
| 9th November 2008 chris | happy Birthday - From: Fiestas happy Belated Birthday. Sorry, I feel like a turd for forgetting, but you don't have to split my wishes with anyone. Screw susan, take her share of the fitty, and get blitzed. You are old. |
| 23rd October 2008 chris | Oooooh - From: Frank is Here Diareah, and gas. No problem. It's called swimming trunks. They do have acces to a garden hose at your office right? |
| 13th September 2008 chris | Navy - From: Vacation The Ecuador navy is sweet. If I remember correctly, they finished third, in that boat race that John Candy won in the movie 'Summer Rental'. |
| 20th August 2008 Mary | tagged - From: Camps and Extranjeros Love the camp photos . . . and I just tagged you :) See the game rules on my blog. |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: I´m Back Do you have a lot of issues with teen preganancy there? stacey |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: Jungle Part II and being Sick This is an amazing story jer. I really think this dog karma is working well. Keep it up and stay healthy |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: One dog at a time Maybe you should make a movie about brining new kinds of allies over to the US views. I have followed along with your dog adventures and I will be curious to see how you view this overall! love s |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: Things that make you chuckle Personally, I like the taco bell/burger king story myself. |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: A New Beginning It is amazing that students can reflect the expectations of teachers. Obviously this has been ongoing. As I wound up my year, I felt the need to cut my losses on some things as well. I am looking forward to the new school year. I have quite a few planned action role plays line up. Love, S |
| 7th August 2008 stacey | - From: Uwijint: To the Jungle and Back Again I believe you are right about the community and the kids. I wonder what Elisa and Cole reflect about us. I enjoyed reading this pose |
| 25th June 2008 Sparky | Heh. - From: Building a Bed Yeah, I'm a fan of building my own furniture. But whenever I say to someone that I built my own bedframe they go into that "HOLY CRAP" mode, assuming I've duct-taped my mattress to the wall or something. I don't know why people spend $100 for something that could be built stronger for $50... Ah, well. Good piece. |
| 9th June 2008 Disgruntled Reds Fan | Going green - From: One dog at a time Hey Jeremy, havent heard from ya in a while, havent posted in forever. Hope everything's going well down south, i saw the new Indiana Jones movie and it had this scene with these killer aunts that eat some dude, pretty sweet, but one more thing for you to avoid. I just thought i should tell you and Susan that i've started to make Auntie's house green. Besides the old cistern water system, i've started recycling everything and taking it over to uncle al's on saturdays to deposit- paper, plastic, metal and glass. I also got a bike recently, i've been riding that everywhere to avoid $4 a gallon gas. Take Care! Jeff |
| 27th May 2008 chris | - From: The Long Awaited Blog did you school any duke kids in basketball? |
| 20th May 2008 Greg | Some things are the same the world over - From: The Long Awaited Blog Jeremy, first and most importantly: 1. Gaborone 2. John von Neumann 3. Was it the Kariba dam and the Zambezi River? I thought that was actually between Zambia and Zimbabwe. 4. Did you remember the measurement of 3.26 light years or the definition of the distance to a star with a parallax of one arc second? It is somehow refreshing to know that organizational infighting is the same the world over. I am sorry you had such a painful experience, but hopefully some good can come of it. It is good to read about your life again, and it was good talking to you last week. Take care. Don't let any catfish larvae swim into your penis. |
| 11th May 2008 Denis | I went to that school... - From: The Ambassador Hey Jeremy, I don't know you - but I volunteer taught at that Eduardo Vasconez (English) school you are talking about - so it made me smile thinking of your interactions with Mario and the rest of the teachers.. I was there pretty much the whole of 2005. I also taught at Santo Domingo in the same city. Peace. |
| 30th April 2008 Sharon LaBouef | Coffin Business - From: Things that make you chuckle Hi Jeremy, Here in Ecuador, there is a law that a person who dies must be buried within 48 hours. That is unless there is special permission given. The special permission would probably only be given if the body is going to be embalmed. Embalming is not the normal custom here and is only done in very special cases when the family members cannot arrive within the allotted time for the "normal" burial. It is the custom here also that there is a continuous vigil all 48 hours before the burial. There are no special "viewing hours". Family members and friends stay with the body of their loved one from the moment of death until the burial. Blessings to you and Sue, Sharon LaBouef |
| 24th April 2008 Greg | Promptness is relative - From: The Damn Dam Revisted Jeremy, since we share the same "genetic" need to be on time and to know where we are going, maybe we were adopted from the same parents? Then again, maybe we inherited our promptness from mom and our sense of directions from, um..., er.... grandpa? |
| 15th April 2008 chris | - From: Things that make you chuckle Have you never seen a western? No matter how big, how scary, how utterly dangerous the street fight is going to be. When all the townsfolk clear out, shutter up the windows, and hit the deck, one brave man stays behind, and goes to work, night or day. The coffin maker. If you find yourself in the street, and you're all alone, hit the deck, for a gun fight is about to go down. I'd check and see if any hardened gang leader is just out of jail, and coming to town on the noon train to get revenge on the local sherriff who locked him up. If gary Cooper happens to be the sherriff, help the brother out, as he always ends up doin it himself. |
| 11th April 2008 Efrum | Dem' coffins - From: Things that make you chuckle Mr. King, I can clearly explain to you why this service is now open for 24 hours. It all started when a transexual named Dobbs Laurie started her/his buisness as a coffinmaker. She/he had the dream that in order to provide the best possible service for her/his customers, it must be available all the time. Her/his first customer past midnight was in fact a mob of gangsters. Their Godfather "Jimmy" had a run in with a nun who was packing, and they needed a coffin pronto to get his body under in order to be like "What Jimmy?" to the popo. She/he took their measurements and custom fabricated a coffin for them from the finest cherry wood that was in stock. Pleased with her/his work, they gave him/ her five grand, even though the work and materials, as well as the time put into it only added up to eight hundered dollars. This story has probably passed to all the funeral homes this side of the Atlantic, so your local coffinmakers probably now provide this service with hopes that they too will get a cool five grand. |
| 8th April 2008 anonymous | - From: A New Beginning nice pics, you've raised the bar. Did you ask carlos dog if he knew rudi? they look eerily similar. I'll have to ask rudi if he tought any sout american cousins to steal cigarrettes. |
| 27th March 2008 Chris Thomas | nice pics - From: Uwijint: To the Jungle and Back Again Love the pics. Como Se dice en espanol, banana hammock? |
| 13th March 2008 Greg | Snow vs. Mud - From: More of everything you´ve grown to love So Jeremy, were you at the landslide when I sent the text about the snow here? I think I would take the snow over waiting all night on the bus. On the other hand, robotics has given me a lot of practice sleeping at night on a bus with snoring people. The snow here was crazy, but it's mostly gone now. Except where it's piled up in parking lots. |
| 29th February 2008 anonymous | - From: Changes in Puyo Seams like last week someone down south in Ecuador was telling me to hang tough. Hey guy, suck it up. You'll get through this, you're a wonderful volunteer. |
| 22nd February 2008 Ben | Beer is a great equalizer - From: Changes in Puyo I'm glad to read about the beer consumption Jeremy. You make me very proud. Reminds me of drinking Chimay with you at Brew's! Hang in there and keep posting! |
| 22nd February 2008 Hannah | Hang in there Jer - From: Changes in Puyo I feel your stress. Like everything, this too will pass. Just like the pain from my knee surgery. Feeling pretty good so far, maybe I am just immune to pain now :) Anyway, vent on, and I def give a shit :) |
| 15th February 2008 JTGomer | Greetings! - From: Carnaval Jeremy it's good to finally get to your blog, i apologize for not posting soon enough. Hope everything's going well, just wondering where are the body painting photos of Susan? |
| 14th January 2008 chris | nun proof - From: Nun 1 Jeremy a big 0 jeremy, wear the Communism T-shirt I got ya. Religion has no place in Communist countries, only the good of the fatherland! This will cancel out her nun powers, thus leveling the field. If not the ole penis through the zipper trick is a good fallback plan, just dodge the ruler, and you're all set. |
| 5th January 2008 chris | look t the pictures - From: New Year Ushered In check out rupert murdock with the shiny pictures on his article. Do we need to send you some rubber sheets as crap insurance? Jeff swears by them. |
| 16th December 2007 Joe Bishop | Charlie Brown Christmas - From: December - Already?!? Jeremy, I'd love to see those caves, I can only imagine. Tell me the best way to send you music and we can send you some. We definitely have the Charlie Brown ensemble. Heather and I are starting to put together a Peanuts Christmas show for a Vic's open mic. Tell Susan that I'm sorry her jungle plane was broken, I can totally relate! Have a Merry Christmas. |
| 3rd December 2007 chris | crowns too - From: Chicken Feet Some dude on 'The Next Iron Chef' made a soup from Cocks crowns'. Did you guys cook that also? I've been acused of having chicken legs, does that count? |
| 27th November 2007 Hannah | Remember the last time u ate... - From: Chicken Feet A hotdog? Thats my guess. Yummm. |
| 17th November 2007 Efrum Imler | Oh I'm a lumberjack... - From: Temblor in Ecuador dude, i'm glad you made it through the rustling alright. |
| 17th November 2007 Edgar | supposed - From: Water Monitoring, Weddings, and Meetings You can say "se suponia que el tenia que ir" when you want to say "he was supposed to go". The verbs "suponer" and "to suppose" are actually very similar. Advice: fight for good translations!!! |
| 17th November 2007 Greg | You might want see this - From: Temblor in Ecuador Jeremy, check out this story (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/highschool/news/story?id=3111847) about a runner from the DIII girls state meet. You might not want to watch the video, however. |
| 10th November 2007 christopher | boring - From: Rafting dude, I only read 3 blogs. One has stories about devastating knee injuries, another has tales of tortured chickens, and collosul car accidents, and you're coming at us with meetings, and 2nd place finishes. step it up man, at least throw in some pirhana's or something. Oh yeah, we got a fence project goin down if you're not doing anything |
| 23rd October 2007 Caity Zahard | Hello - From: Boohoo to Chief Wahoo Hello Mr. King. My name is Caity Zahard, and I am a senior at CHS. I never got to have you as a teacher but I just wanted to tell you that I think what you are doing is awesome! By reading your blogs, I can tell that it must be hard at times but it just seems fun too. I hope all is well over there, and good luck with your saving for a bike! Have a good one! Caity Z |
| 15th October 2007 Bridget | Wins all around - From: Roof Wars Just in case you are wondering about all the auspicious wins our beloved teams have been enjoying (eerie, isn't it?), Neal and I credit their good fortune to our wedding. The fates must be on our side, all around! Go Tribe, go Bucks, and go Brownies! |
| 14th October 2007 Greg | My own spotlight - From: B-ball in Puyo So Jeremy, on this very same Thursday there was a nasty accident on I-70 that kept me from getting the kids and getting to frisbee until 5:45. They were just starting a 7 on 7 game, so I went home and ran another 4 miles (to go with the 4 I ran at practice). Then I had a friend call up and ask if I could fill in for him in his rec basketball league. So I grabbed some shoes and went over to the rec center. Got there just before the game started and found out we had only five players. In the first three minutes I drilled a pair of threes and a layup off a steal. For the rest of the game I had a 6'1" 23 year old guarding me, did not get any more shots. (I did get a couple free throws.) But the other team seemed to think I was good, because every time I broke free they were yelling "Get 10! Get 10!" |
| 13th October 2007 Matt Lane | Sign Me Up - From: B-ball in Puyo I'm coming down. The two of us could start our own franchise. I'll be the point guard, you be the lefty layup master. Are you really a lefty? You'd think I'd know that after guarding you for all those years. Maybe if you shot more... |
| 3rd October 2007 Bridget | Go Tribe! - From: Jeremy 1 Scale 0 We'll root the Indians on for you! Neal just told me his brother's going to the game -so cool! Sorry I missed your jaunt home. Mrs. B let me know you were in town and I meant to ask her when you would be swinging by the school, but I got a little tied up. The wedding's this weekend, so we've been keeping busy! Best of luck to you and the Tribe! -Bridget |
| 11th September 2007 Sarah | Tapeworm - From: Under 160 Jeremy, it sounds like tapeworm! This could be worse for your liver than Yeungling... |
| 10th September 2007 chris | stools - From: Puyo Al Natural keep flushing the system with beer. eventually any parasites you have will become lazy drunks, and thus not care about making you sick. |
| 7th September 2007 Hannah | - From: Puyo Al Natural Sounds like Susan is ready to start playing rugby with all her bruising and diving. |
| 20th August 2007 Hannah | score - From: No Earthquake Here sweet made the blog. it was nice chatting for free! |
| 15th August 2007 Greg | A fun link - From: Busy Busy Busy Jeremy, here is a little YouTube link for your enjoyment. I hope you have not seen it before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiFKnLifCU |
| 7th August 2007 sark | Mule backup is the way to go - From: All Accounted For I am telling you Jeremy - stay with Travelblog but use the Mule backup system to keep a copy of your posts moving around the Ecuadorean countryside - safe from any devastating fires that might destroy local copies. I assume there are a few donkeys running around Puyo looking for work. |
| 1st August 2007 Bryan | cost to run your bulb - From: Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye Jer, the cost to run your fluorescent bulb 24/7 is somewhere between $16 and $37 for the year depending on your electricity rate. For example at the average US rate of 9.86 cents per Kw hour it would run just over $16 for the year. If you had really expensive power cost like in say Hawaii (23 cents per Kw hour) it would cost $37. Your bulb uses 13.4 kw hours per month. Somehow I doubt that these scientific facts will sway your landlord but now you're armed. |
| 31st July 2007 Stacey | Hey - From: Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye Hey Jer, sounds like you really rocked with he magic show!This light bulb problem seems a bit odd--can't you rig something with solar panels and help the landlord save money and the environment??? Hahaha. |
| 30th July 2007 Hannah | Wedding entertainment - From: Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye Jer, Maybe you should bring your cool science demo to the wedding for halftime entertainment. It would be awesome for something to explode just as the first dance is commencing. Hmm something tells me removing lights from the exterior of a building is not the way to get rid of burglers. |
| 14th June 2007 Hannah | Hey Jer - From: On her way home Jer, I got to speak to Sus over the phone which was very nice, but I thought I would drop you a line over blog comment as well. I heard a lot about how everything was going and it sounds like you guys are doing well and really getting the experience of a lifetime. I too feel a great sadness over Auntie's passing even though I haven't been part of the family for very long. She was an awesome women and I hope we all age as gracefully. Anyway, hang in down there and we will see you in September! |
| 13th June 2007 chris | hang in there bro. - From: Not all is bad Studying is for nerds man |
| 12th June 2007 Greg | Safe and sound - From: Not all is bad Jeremy, you probably have already heard, but Sue made it safe and sound to Columbus. She came over for some talk and pizza, and I drove her to Chris and Sarah's. They are going to take her to Lima. She left the iPod and cards here, any movies in particular that you want? |
| 11th June 2007 Allison | Sincere Sympathy - From: On her way home Hey Jeremy! My deepest condolences. You are both in my thoughts and prayers. Sorry for your/her loss! We all know she's now in a better place. I hope Sue has a safe trip home and though the reason for her trip is a sad one, I hope that she gets to enjoy some of her time home too! Take care of yourself down there... God Bless you both. Con Amor, Allison |
| 11th June 2007 Allison | Sincere Sympathy - From: On her way home Hey Jeremy! My deepest condolences. You are both in my thoughts and prayers. Sorry for your/her loss! We all know she's now in a better place. I hope Sue has a safe trip home and though the reason for her trip is a sad one, I hope that she gets to enjoy some of her time home too! Take care of yourself down there... God Bless you both. Con Amor, Allison |
| 30th May 2007 Greg | Ockham's Razor - From: Life is Beautiful The scientist who explained why four guys would be drinking beer at 9:30 in the morning was William of Ockham. Depeding on who you read, he said "Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate" or "entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem." Literally it means entities should not be unecessarily multiplied. In common use, it argues that all things being equal, the simplest solution that explains all the evidence tends to be the best one. Glad to hear things are working a little better for you. Sounds like school kids are school kids wherever you go. |
| 26th May 2007 Paul G. | Great stuff! - From: More Photos Hey Jeremy, Today I’ve caught up on a ton of your blogs. You’re a natural at telling your experiences, man! I’ve been retelling them to Elena all day. After a few of them she told me about similar experiences she had in her first year or so in the states. I’m really happy to hear how well you guys are adjusting to everything. Give Susan our best, and keep it up!! Peace, Paul G. |
| 25th May 2007 anonymous | You know who - From: Our ¨friendly¨¨ neighbor Jer, I can make this cat disappear. For 12 meters of clothesline, I'll make it look like a suicide. Thomas Edison didn't bust his ass making lightbulbs, just to have some dude steal yours. |
| 25th May 2007 Chris | Politician - From: The Ambassador Jeremy, I signed you up to run for mayor of Columus. While you are gone I can handle your campaign, and you should have no problem running the city from Puyo, there really is very little effort involved. All you have to do is show up for Comfest, the NHL draft and whenever hillary stops by, and you're golden. I just ask that I can get a mid level cabinet position, perhaps City boob, or Bikini inspector. |
| 24th May 2007 Quentin | Spider Man - From: Apartment 1 Jeremy 0 a tool to climb buildings. language is a great thing isnt it? |
| 24th May 2007 Allison | Sweet! - From: The Ambassador Wow! That's all I can say... ¡¡¡Disfrútate!!! |
| 23rd May 2007 Evelyn | golf balls - From: Things that make you wonder You always was a little off balance. Should we send you one golf a month? Try planting them so people really will think you have gone off the deep in. |
| 23rd May 2007 tom driscoll | frates - From: Things that make you wonder I suppose you already know that you'll have the makings of a good book by the time you're through. I am enjoying your entries. Your "Thoughts" formed the basis for much of the discussion at our last meeting. Thank you for sending them. The board has recently reorganized and most of the new members, including Stephanie and me, have not been to the Centro Desideri. So, it was good to get a clear-eyed assessment. We think that Umberto is to be commended for creating the center, for purchasing the land and building the structures. However, some of his attempts to initiate projects to help the local people have been less than successful. You can see evidence of that at the center; the empty fish pond, the weedy garden, the underused infirmary. We think that the primary problem is that the center lacks a trained person on site every day. The problem for us as an organization is that we do not have the funds to hire such a person. We are looking into grants to fund such a position, but I don't know where that will lead. Do you think that the Peace Corps could supply such a person? I'm asking you first because I'd like to know if this is even feasible. We would be willing to have this person live at the center and use the facilities as he/she saw fit. Basically, we would provide the infrastructure, the buildings at the center, and some other organization would provide the person with expertise in helping the local people. Let me know if this seems like a good idea. One of the catches to grant funding is that grant giving organizations want to see some successful projects before they committ funds, and we need the funds to begin successful projects. Get back to me when you can and give me your thoughts on this. If you think the Peace Corps in Ecuador would be interested in what we are proposing, I'd appreciate some contact information. Thanks. And thanks again for all your helpful observations. Tom |
| 22nd May 2007 Bryan | Golf - From: Things that make you wonder I think it might be divine provenence and you were meant to play the Big T in puyo. Now if only you could find someone selling a used golf club.... |
| 20th May 2007 Greg | Wrong title - From: Apartment 1 Jeremy 0 I think that since you got back in, the title should be apartment 1 pants 0. I am impressed, as always, with your resourcefulness Jeremy. |
| 18th May 2007 Allison | Hilarious - From: Our ¨friendly¨¨ neighbor Lmao! Rock On Jeremy! Peace! |
| 17th May 2007 Dorota | Stolen Lightbulb - From: Our ¨friendly¨¨ neighbor Jeremey, Maybe in an act of neighborly kindness you could buy your upstairs neighbor a lightbulb and give it to him as a gift so he won't steal yours. Just a suggestion. -Dorota |
| 17th May 2007 chris | - From: Más Espanol Por Favor I told you I don't speak french |
| 17th May 2007 chris | recomendings de beer - From: Getting Busy How about from 8:15-way too late: Drink Beer, this will make the first several sections of your schedule more exiting. Hang in there |
| 13th May 2007 SMK | Beauty Pageant - From: Reinas y Desfiles Did you get any photos? Kisses... Bet you would have loved one of my massages. Black & Sassy |
| 12th May 2007 Allison | Wow! As Always... - From: Reinas y Desfiles Simply Amazing! Tan interesante... Buena suerte con las galletas! Enjoy and keep the wonderful stories comin'! Adios :) |
| 11th May 2007 Greg | Plusses and deltas - From: Getting Busy Jeremy, Sorry to hear about your being robbed. Glad to hear you (and Sue's 6th sense) were able to get your cell phone back. I also have to say "6:55-7:00 Get a beer out of the fridge and ..." Are you SURE you're in the peace corps? Frisbee has been pretty good the past couple of weeks. Lots of good action. Today's lessons: 1. Don't hang the frisbee in the air near Jake if he's on the other team. 2. Pay attention to Chris lurking behind his man. Fortunately Chris's five or six nice step up grabs were on my team this week. Go Cavs! Go Indians! Greg |
| 10th May 2007 Umberto | We got the tools! - From: Here at Last Hi Jeremy, if you need to you may use our tools any time you want. Just ask Guillermo or Bolivar to give them to you. Regards, Umberto. |
| 10th May 2007 Umberto | We got the tools! - From: Here at Last Hi Jeremy, if you need to you may use our tools any time you want. Just ask Guillermo or Bolivar to give them to you. Regards, Umberto. |
| 5th May 2007 Gregory King | Working on a symbol for you - From: The Old Forest Jeremy, I am going to have Elisa work on a symbol for you. The other day I was doodling some runes and she asked me about them. I showed her some of the ROTK appendices and she wanted to make her own rune like Gandalf's. (You know the one he left on a rock on Weathertop?) It is great to read about you enjoying your work so much. |
| 1st May 2007 Moira | Es una lástima - From: En Español Que tal Jeremy ? Te estoy saludando, me imagino que ya has aprendido algo mas del idioma. El español es difícil porque es muy rico en palabras, quiero decir que puedes usar diferentes palabras para decir una misma cosa.Nosotros usamos los adjetivos despues del substantivo Ej. El barco es grande, en inglés lo hacen al reves, dicen " es grande el barco >" En Ecuador aprenderás un español muy bién pronunciado, aquí en Chile te querrías morir porque tenemos muchos modismos, es decir palabras de moda que significan algo. Y van cambiando siempre, pero fijate que este clima de Chile te gustaría mas, hay menos " bichos " es decir baratas, hormigas etc., hay estaciones de clima muy marcados, invierno nieve lluvia frio, en verano hay sol, 32 grados, playas y carrete , en primavera hay sol templado pero no te humedeces ni te enfrias y en otoño puedes salir a cualquier lado y disfrutar del sol o los días nublados pero con temperaturas razonables. Procura escribir en español así podré leer tus comentarios y tus escritos Saludos de Chile Moiravieja.blogspot.com |
| 29th April 2007 tom driscoll | frates board in nyc - From: Long Day Hello Jeremy. My name is Tom Driscoll. My wife, Stephanie Walls and I are secretary and president, respectively of the board of Frates. I've been enjoying your blog. I came upon it by chance when I googled "Puyo". Anyway, it's been very instructive to read about your exploits. We haven't been to Ecuador yet (we plan to visit later this year) so your descriptions have helped us understand the situation. Umberto is Stephanie's cousin. Steph and I are recently retired teachers so Umberto decided that, since we were no longer working, we should preside over the organization here. So, we are new to the enterprise. Part of the problem Umberto has had is running programs from such a distance. Codeama has taken over much of the administrative work and that has been a great help. We are hoping that you will be able to help too. We want to use the resources we can gather to do the most good and that is sometimes difficult to determine from here. Your imput will be very helpful. We've been thinking about helping the schools. Any specifics there would help. We also wonder if there are any programs to help bring clean water to the communities. Umberto has been after me to get SKYPE. If I finaaly do, maybe we can talk. Until then, keep writing. Tom |
| 27th April 2007 Lauren | - From: En Español I actually understood that entire message!!!!! it's from all our random spanish convos during cross country season... |
| 26th April 2007 Allison | Felicitaciones - From: En Español Muy Bien Jeremy... Tú escribes bien, y no pienso que tu español es basura...lol... ¡Diviértete! Y Buena Suerte con la lengua... Chao :) |
| 25th April 2007 Allison | As always... - From: Here at Last WoW! What Amazing Information! ¡Qué información genial! ¡Muchas Gracias, es muy interesante! ¡Buena Suerte! |
| 16th April 2007 MeAgain | Fiesta - From: Near the End Fiesta it up for me too! lol Congrats on moving on to the next stage of your life! How exciting! |
| 16th April 2007 Allison | Love it! - From: Buses That's cool! Sound very similar to the transportation and driving in Mexico since I was just there... It's CRAZY!! But yes, definitely a cultural experience!!! |
| 13th April 2007 Allison | Pics - From: More Photos Wow! Those pictures and views were AMAZING!!! Especially those of Quito! I was so impressed! What an awesome opportunity to see the world! I'm sure you are working your tail off hard too... but I'm sure it's worth it! These kinds of experiences only come sometimes once in a lifetime so thank you for sharing your adventure with all of us! We just got back from Mexico and it was an excellent adventure too! WE had a blast and I want to go back so BAD!!! I wish I could send you some of my pics from Sierra Madre... It was unbelievable!!! Anyway, keep us posted and Best of Luck! Take Care, We Miss You! Hasta Pronto! |
| 13th April 2007 Allison | Espanol - From: More Photos Hey Jeremy! Keep working at the language and don't get too frustrated! You have the upper-hand just being immersed into a country where it is spoken and you also have the benefit of the local exposure to the languages and their culture! You are quite lucky and trust in time... it will come! Especially the verb tenses... but before you know it... it will hopefully just click! Best of luck to both of you! Take Care! Paz!! |
| 9th April 2007 Allison | I can relate... maybe - From: The Jungle Hey Jeremy! I just got back from Mexico yesterday and as I read your blog about the rainforest, I could only imagine how spectacular it must be. Me and the girls (Alex & Emily) took a tour of one part of Sierra Madre and it was amazing! The views, the plants and trees, the entire experience was wonderful! But I'm sure our 9 days can't and won't compare to 2 full years of this kind of adventure and excitement... Though I know you will have a lot of hard work to do, but I know you'll make the best of everything! I'm glad you are enjoying it for the most part. Take Care! Buena Suerte!!! :) |
| 8th April 2007 Greg | Missed your call - From: The Jungle Jeremy, I spend 36 hours laying around being sick and you call in the 1 hour I was out at urgent care! Seriously, I am very sorry I missed your call. I have been faithfully checking your blog (and Susan's) and miss you guys a lot. It is great hear you are having a good experience. Things here are holding up well. I just performed the first maintenance on the truck. There was a loose switch in the turn signal system. It was actually kind of rewarding to diagnose and fix something without having to take it to the shop. Frisbee has been on again, off again due to the weather. Fun when we have done it. My trip to the cabin with the kids was a good one. The creek is high. Did some tree planting, replacing a couple of dead evergreens of various types (including the one in the row right in front of the cabin). Caulked the gutters on the deck side. Replaced the dehumidifier. Did some other basic stuff. After Bryan and dad fixed the leak V wanted to make a hatch for easier access. I made some plans I think will work so we can cover the hatche panel with ceiling tiles to make it look OK. I am going to go back down in a couple of weeks and get some more things done. Take care. |
| 4th April 2007 AJeanne | way to go both of you... - From: Back in Quito Jer and Sue, I couldn't be more proud of you and the work and energy you both and the other volunteers, too, are doing there. I am so glad you have times of fun...we will not think about your poor tooth and the pain it caused you now as you are hopefully over it all, cause I know it was a terribly painful experience. I finally got around to reading all of your blogs, Jer, I will get to Sue on another day, and it is terribly interesting to read. Just stay healthy and safe, please. I will look forward to more of what you are doing. Love, AJ |
| 27th March 2007 Clark McMahon | what is... - From: Alive and getting better in Puyo If you don't mind could you post Sue's blog address? I am enjoying keeping up to date with your adventures and want to see another view on the adventures. Hope all is well! |
| 25th March 2007 Allison | Buenos Viajes - From: Alive and getting better in Puyo Sounds incredible and peaceful yet very busy. Way to go on the gringo comeback too lol! Hey, can I print these entries? The "real-world" cultural info is amazing and could be so useful... Gracias! Take Care! ReLaX & EnJoY! |
| 24th March 2007 scienceking | Chris, you always have a way of making me laugh - From: Alive and getting better in Puyo Yeah Che is a common theme in Latin America. There are a lot of references to him. Glad to know that you and Sarah are practicing communism back in Ohio - perhaps you should start a movement there. |
| 24th March 2007 Chris | Un systemo perfecto! - From: Alive and getting better in Puyo Au Contraire bonjour! communisim is a perfect system, I have instilled it here at the casa de thomas, and all is working perfectly. Sarah and I each get a rice paddie the same size as the other, and we now share each others clothing too, I recommend trying to spread communism while you are down there, if nothing else it will make for very interesting blogs. just keep mentioning Che guevera down there and it should spread from that...good luck! |
| 24th March 2007 linda brown | How about your surgery ??? - From: Questions Answered Hi Jeremy, Happy to hear from you again.!!! Looks like your surgery went well. YOU must get a lot of mail from the students. I had some of the same questions... what you eat... Does the PC supply clothes and equipment you may need when in the jungle.. I assume you go back to a home base each day. I just can't picture my luggage should I embark on such a commitment. Hopefuly you did have imput on your living arrangements... Oh, I do keep you in my prayers that you may be safe and receive many blessings along the way. linda brown |
| 24th March 2007 Allison | Cultural Background! - From: Questions Answered Way to go Jeremy! This was Hilarious! Thanks for filling our minds with such real life, real culture, and real adventure! Glad to know you are still fully dressing, don't think I could eat any of that stuff myself, I like to try and I value indigenous culture and food... and drinks for that matter... but I'm not sure my stomach would or my mind could, very interesting to know about the drainage around the equator - or lack of lol - and so many thanks for addressing the ever-burning question on the cultural issues de los prostitutos. Enjoy! Sounds like you are having the experiences of a lifetime and I'm sure you and your wife will last it through - hopefully without wigging out and running into the jungle wildly though! Godspeed with the dental drama! Savor the best of everything! O yeah... and I-O! No training for me... Pero, muy Buena Suerte con esto en Ecuador! Paz! Let me know how the Spanish et al are going! Adios! :) |
| 18th March 2007 sark | So sorry - From: Ouch - it hurts Ouch! Dental pain is the worst, I am scared enough to go to the dentist here in the States, hopefully you'll get a good dentist and he'll fix you up without too much trouble. Good luck getting fixed up and enjoy March Madness while you're in Quito, sark & kath |
| 16th March 2007 Efrum Imler | Howdy! - From: Lost in Translation Wow, it sounds like from this blog that y'all will have a heck of a time. I make around $7.50 an hour at work, so really shows how little you are making. I hope everything is going good for both you and your wife. Here in the states we expereinced two nice days of the soon to come season, but now its around 40 and moist. Everyone I can think of misses you, and so does Truman. Actually, I got accepted into OSU's school of music, so Truman and I will deffinetly have an adventure coming this Fall! I wish the both of you luck, and hope you learn that language well! -Efrum P.S. Don't forget about our experation date Spam delight dinner plans! |
| 16th March 2007 scienceking | Puyo it is - From: PUYO it is Greg, yes, the area around Puyo is indigenous central in Ecuador. We are very excited about the opportunity. Living in a relatively large town/city and venturing out into the rainforest to work with the indigenous cultures combines the best of both worlds. |
| 14th March 2007 Greg | Care package on its way - From: PUYO it is Jeremy, we got the letter from you and Sue yesterday. Elisa and I are putting together a care package which will hopefully get mailed out to you tomorrow. It includes some newspapers, Reese's cups, Twix bars and a couple of books. Glad to hear that things are going well for you. Cool to hear you are going to Puyo. You'll have to tell me if the morning mists are as cool as they are said to be. Now you can get Bryan to come visit you for sure. A couple of my outdoor/adventure friends have said Puyo has some awesome biking. That part of Ecuador was one of the least penetrated by the Spanish, so I understand that it still has a large indigenous population. (At least it did when I was still in college.) But you probably know all this and more already. I did haul out one of my old history books which has some pictures of Puyo. WOW! Take care. |
| 13th March 2007 scienceking | A guess - From: La Concreta 1 Santiago 0 I think this might be Mr. Chris Thomas. |
| 13th March 2007 El Chupicabre | Wassup jeremy! - From: La Concreta 1 Santiago 0 Hey I was wondering if they have guiness or yuengling down yonder? If you can guess who this is I'll send ya some. Also I was wondering if you've enjoyed any grilled coconut grubs or guinea pig yet? 1st hint: I have a rectal scar that looks like the map of ecuador. |
| 13th March 2007 Hannah | hola Jer! - From: La Concreta 1 Santiago 0 i have been following all the news on Susan's blog but just wanted to say hi to you as well. big events for OSU starting this week. GO BUCKs! Hopefully we can eventually make use of the presents we purchased in Sonoma when we make it to the final four. anyway, take care down there! |
| 13th March 2007 Dorota | Greetings - From: La Concreta 1 Santiago 0 Hi Jeremy! I love reading you and Sue's Blogs! It sounds like you two are having quite an adventure! I wanted to post a comment on Sue's website but it won't open the link. Say hello to her from Galen and I. I am glad that you are not sick anymore and I can't wait to read about where your assignment will be! |
| 12th March 2007 Chris Gans | - From: La Concreta 1 Santiago 0 i hope your haveing fun in that place that i cant spell the name for |
| 10th March 2007 K. Fox | almost like being there - From: Photos Finally Kings, Thanks for doing this to keep us all updated. If I close my eyes its almost like we are there with you. Wait that doesnt work. I can't read your stories or see the pictures. Oh well its nothing like being there but its good to see you both. Take care, get healthy, then stay healthy, for some reason I knew you would get ill before Susan, I always knew she was more resilent. Go Bucks! Won first game of Big 10 tourney. |
| 7th March 2007 Clark McMahon | Photos - From: Photos Finally hey I was wondering if I could use a picture or two of yours for a Tiger Tracks story Im doing on your expedition. Let me know by sending me an email at clarkmac0@yahoo.com thanks and hope all is well. |
| 4th March 2007 Greg | Making me jealous - From: Back from the Rain Forest Hey Jeremy, you're making me jealous. It really sounds like you are having a great experience. It's a wonder the whole country isn't overrun by druids! On the nursery thing, I think by the time you get back we'll need to hire a full time horticulturist just to tend our basement... I think we're headed to the cabin in two weeks, hopefully we will be able to find and fix the leak. Gotta get my "substitute Jeremy" butt in gear. |
| 3rd March 2007 scienceking | Good to hear from you - From: Back from the Rain Forest Yes, we are both struggling with new languages. I miss our Zoo class and 2nd period study hall. Tell everyone at CHS that I say ¨hello¨ |
| 28th February 2007 Japanese kid | My first comment! - From: Back from the Rain Forest Hey Mr. King! how have ya been? Im great! but u know, kinda...I miss u.. BTW,Can u guess who i am?lol They speak Spanish there? If so, i and u are having pretty much similar experience in the countries which languages we dont speak usually are spoken! Ill come again! C ya! |
| 26th February 2007 Elise | - From: Still Here WE MISS YOU MR KING :[ its good to hear you're doing well [: |
| 26th February 2007 Emily Pontious | Hi - From: Still Here I had a great time in your class science was never a great subject for me but you helped me do very well. There were funny times in my class with Chuck being in there lol. Well good luck in the peace corps circleville will miss you very much and so will I and many other students. Come back soon! |
| 23rd February 2007 Greg | The tea cup gets bigger - From: Another Day in Ecuador Jeremy, my friend TJ told me to tell you that you will find your Spanish "teacup" will get bigger with time. He said fluency sort of creeps up on you. One day you will suddenly realize it isn't hard to follow conversations any more. Take care brother. |
| 16th February 2007 Allison | Awesome - From: In Ecuador This is so Awesome for you both! Enjoy, Have a blast! Congrats! Wow, what an opportunity! You are going to learn sooo much so fast! Best of Luck! |
| 16th February 2007 Bizzeatty | - From: In Ecuador We miss you Kizzing! Glad to hear all is well with you and adjusting to your new home :) We'll look forward to hearing about all of your new experiences! Hello to Sue! |
| 7th February 2007 Bryan | via con dios hermano - From: My First Blog Can't wait to hear you arrived safely |
| 7th February 2007 Bryan | via con dios hermano - From: My First Blog safe travels, can't wait to hear the first entry from in country |
| 4th December 2006 Susan | Go Browns - From: My First Blog Great Blog! go Browns! go Buckeyes! |
