If this was recently I’m guessing it has something to do with the FATCA laws which many countries have agreed to, which basically forces financial institutions to identify US citizens and residents so that we can’t hide from the IRS. It’s pretty insane that U.S. citizens who have lived outside of the country for years…

Aha! Good thing I said ‘many’ and not ‘most’ then, eh?

Not saying it’s not expensive, just saying it’s cheaper than decades of other, less effective treatments/hospitalisations/etc.

Many insurance companies will cover almost all the cost, if you're lucky enough to be insured, because it outweighs the cost of ongoing treatments with much lower success rates and many more side effects.

Gambling is huge in Australia and so the betting shops (called TAB) have machines for you to cash in your winnings at.

The last time I let my mother drive me around in a foreign country was about a year and a half after I’d moved there. We were driving around the CBD and she got confused by the (admittedly confusing) signs, and drove up onto a pedestrian mall/tramway. I ducked down, out of view of anyone I may have known who might…

I've seen this film. It's ridiculously beautiful and easily in my top 10 of the year.

If they insist, wouldn’t it then be more respectful to call them by their first name as they’ve requested?

Same! I never would've clicked on this article otherwise. She doesn't disappoint - she's so quick!

There are heaps of day tours to waterfalls and the Geysir, so def get out of Reykjavik and do one of those (or two). If you go to the Blue Lagoon, make sure to book well in advance - spaces are limited and it books out. Also, the airport is a long way from town, so suss out your transport options in advance - there…

Before I realised how easy it is to get a local license where I live (outside of the US), I kept renewing my Ohio license. But you can do it by mail! It’s a pain in the ass but it can be done.

Lukas Moodysson’s most recent film is great - called We Are the Best! In English. I also like Josef Fares who did Jalla Jalla and Kopps. As far as Bergman goes, you can’t go past the trilogy of Through a Glass Darkly/Winter Light/The Silence. Absolute classics, plus there is not much in them to distract you from the…

This may as well be pop tart beer. It’s not bad...but it’s not good.

Planning my recent trip to Europe, I used the shit out of rome2rio.com. It tells you how to get from point A to point B, letting you customise modes of transport. It is particularly helpful if you can’t or don’t want to travel to somewhere by plane, and gives you many different transport options with price estimates.

Yoko: Have I still followed the brief if I just whispered the word “pizza” softly into my cat’s ear?

I recently had to survive in Iceland and Hungary for a week each as a vegan. Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

A couple months ago I paid AUD$50 for the Tower of London which included a 30 minute wait to hop on a travelator to cruise past the Crown Jewels. It was okay, but def not worth anywhere near the price of admission. If I had been less hungover I would have realized that my companion said the admission was £25 not $25…

I love my job, but I have to admit to calling in sick (hungover) on rare occasions. Usually due to having one too many glasses of wine with a friend after a weekday dinner or movie, and not enough water. I’d say Australia’s drinking culture is to blame just as much (if not more) than people hating their jobs.…

Seriously! I've got a waffle iron at home. And with the American food craze happening at the moment, chicken and waffles abound.

I hate flossing because it is a pain and my dentist recommended those wire things with the bristles. They’re more effective than flossing, I don’t hate doing it, and my dentist noticed an improvement in my gums in only six months. They’re great!