Embracing your Geographic Limitations
October 20, 2009 | Tuesday | 46 CommentsThere are two lessons in the following story. First, there are a lot of countries I couldn’t find on a map if you held a loaded crossbow to my head, despite listening to They Might be Giants’ Alphabet of Nations about sixteen million times. Thanks to Brandyllyn, I have a long, long list of them. She was in the UK, and was unable to buy a digital copy of Loretta Chase’s Mr. Impossible for her flight back to the US. Why? Have a look at the countries where she could have purchased it - in her estimation, it’s “Every Country… read more »
