World Travels | Dwayne Perkins

Overhead Dread

by dwayneperkins | Feb 10, 2011 | Funny Editorials, World Travels

We often hear stories of heroism so selfless that they fill us with hope that maybe just maybe we humans will make it on this planet after all. Someone jumps on a train track to save someone else or shares a kidney with a stranger, or “likes” one of your wall posts....

Broke Down Communication

by dwayneperkins | Feb 1, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, World Travels

I think there’s some benefit to wearing sunglasses all the time. Sure you’re “that guy” and you lose out on some quality interactions with people who’ll have none of your pretentiousness. On the flip side though, you avoid uncomfortable exchanges. I don’t wear...

A Stone’s Throw

by dwayneperkins | Jan 12, 2011 | Funny Technology Essays, Funny True Stories, World Travels

They say people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones but I say they can as long as they open a window first. Run your hands over your glass dwelling until you find your window. Your “window” is a small hole in your translucent igloo that makes you different than...

What’s My Queue

by dwayneperkins | Jan 3, 2011 | Funny Editorials, Funny True Stories, Living In Los Angeles, New York I Love You, World Travels

If patience is a virtue, nothing offers more opportunity to get your virtue on than standing in line. Be it the post office, airport, bank or butcher*; it just seems like people being serviced at the window judge the quality of the experience by how long they get to...

Still Ballin’

by dwayneperkins | Dec 22, 2010 | Funny Short Inspirational Stories, Funny True Stories, World Travels

So I’m watching TV in my hotel room in Tel Aviv at 3am. If jet lag is indigestion, staying up past 2am on your 1st night in a time zone 10 hours ahead of yours is like eating a chili dog to fix it. There was no need to exacerbate matters; I was sleepy so I thought I...

Hebrew Haha

by dwayneperkins | Dec 13, 2010 | Funny True Stories, World Travels

So I met up with a friend of mine who’s an Israeli Stand-up Comic. I went to check out his all-Hebrew show. Watching Stand-up in a language you don’t understand is a neat experiment, especially as a stand-up. I found myself trying to decipher the jokes by tone and...