My old friend Pete Mar swept into town Thursday night on the Taichung leg of his tour of East Asia. This is the second year in a row he's shown up. Not many people who don't live here actually take the time to return to the island once they've gotten a taste... especially in consecutive years...
We of course caught up a bit and Kevlar joined us for some beer and laughs. Pete and Kevlar actually met each other 14 yeras ago when Pete was studying in Halifax and Kevlar was in town visiting a mutual friend. They met for the second time during the summer of '04 in Woodstock, New Brunswick, as I was home visiting the family and Kevlar had made the trip up from Antigonish. (See KEVLAR THE KAYAKER - published earlier this year on this blog).
Pete was home to attend his father's funeral - RIP Dr. Margison - ... Long story short - I took Kevlar out to the bar to meet some of the guys and Pete said "I know that guy!" And the story was recalled... small world story of the day... my long time Taiwan friend and my old school buddy from my hometown knew each other long before I had even thought about coming to Taiwan.
Kevlar left midnightish while Pete and I stayed up til 4 am swapping stories, watching videos, listening to comedians.
Pete told me about this comedian, Dane Cook, who is absolutely hilarious. This is not new information though. Apparently this guy's been appearing on Letterman and the late night talk show circuit for years now... Ahhh the things you miss living in Asia...
No matter, his website has videos of his stand-up and TV appearances and I just about busted a gut watching this guy. Check him out...
Took Pete to the bus station last night. He was off to Tainan and then Green Islandthis morning. Hope he gets some nice weather. Next week he'll be in Hong Kong and then on to Vietnam before returning to his old stomping grounds in Halifax where he'll be relocating after some years in Calgary... Safe travels Pete!!
Thanks for the visit!!!
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