Posted on September 19, 2008 by artofthespa
[Monique has just knocked out General Fang with a martial arts strike]
Passepartout: [astonished] She must be the eleventh tiger!
Monique La Roche: [curls fingers into claws] Meow.
I’m finally starting to breathe again.
The flights are reserved
Spa treatments are booked (at least one at each spa)
I’ve written my daily itinerary
My passport is good for six months after I [...]
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Posted on September 16, 2008 by artofthespa
Saloon Hostess: Never be in a hurry. You’ll miss the best parts in life.
Phileas Fogg: Madam, you don’t understand. I’m looking for my man.
Saloon Hostess: So am I.
As you may have surmised from my last post, the planning phase is taking longer than I thought, and no way would I be ready to leave today, [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by artofthespa
Lord Kelvin: I, Lord Kelvin, hereby vow to surrender my position as minister of science to Phileas Fogg if he can circumnavigate the globe… in more than 80 days. But if he cannot, he must never set foot in the academy again, he must tear down that abhorrent eyesore he calls a labatory, and he [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2008 by artofthespa
Railway Official: There’s still fifty miles of track to be laid between here and Allabahad.
Phileas Fogg: But the London newspapers announced the opening of this railway throughout.
Railway Official: That must have been The Daily Telegraph. Never would have read that in The Times.
I’m so bogged down with plotting the nitty gritty details of the trip: [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by artofthespa
Phileas Fogg: One day, I will build a machine that will allow a man to fly!
San Francisco Hobo: Flying men? Where? Where?
Phileas Fogg: Nowhere!
San Francisco Hobo: Where are the flying men? Where are the flying men?
Phileas Fogg: They’re over there!
San Francisco Hobo: Beware the flying men! Beware the Flying men! The Bird men are coming!
Okay, [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2008 by artofthespa
If to live in this style is to be eccentric, it must be confessed that there is something good in eccentricity. – Jules Verne referring to Phileas’ carefree lifestyle
Phileas ventured out around the world the same day he accepted his wager. No such luck for me. Though my course is set, I [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2008 by artofthespa
The Origins of My Idea
Who hasn’t thought about what it would be like to travel around the world? Such an undertaking seems the territory of
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