I just found out that the Red Cross is now refusing to accept blood donations from anybody who’s lived in Western Europe (including the UK) since 1980. They’re worried you might carry mad cow disease. This affects a hell of a lot of us who studied abroad…
Important Note
This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.