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“Foreign Soil”: More Storytelling at The Moth

March 6th, 2009 by Jeff Simmermon

In 2003, back before online dating was remotely acceptable, I met a woman from Perth, Western Australia over the Internet. As many of you know, I ended up selling all my stuff and flying across the planet to meet her in person. It was pretty much the adventure of a lifetime, and even though parts of it were really hard, I don’t regret a moment of it.

This is me, telling that story recently at The Moth:

If you’re just here from BoingBoing, you can see other stories I’ve done at The Moth here:

Royal Quiet Deluxe, Chicken Band: Now the Story is Told on Video
Reverend Al Sharpton Hates Royal Quiet Deluxe, Chicken Band

I do a lot of talking about The Moth on here, and very little explaining. Here’s how it works.
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Funny Sign: I Wonder What It Costs To Play

December 9th, 2007 by Jeff Simmermon

My sister sent me this photo from her cell phone this afternoon. She saw it in a strip mall in the Denbigh part of Newport News, Virginia.

ridiculous-sign

Without divulging too too much here, I will say that I never have thought of ass games as relaxing, or as a welcome escape from holiday stress. If anyone has any idea what this is actually referring to, please let me know in the comments. I double-DOG dare somebody to call that number up and inquire directly, then let me know in the comments.

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