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Simply The Best: TPOL, The Professor, Turns 9!

How is it possible that I have been writing this blog for 9 years? Besides being a life-long student, I have not done anything else for this long. For this birthday post, I would like you to get to know me more. Accordingly, I have picked 10 posts starting in 2014 from The Professor category, the place where TPOL rants and raves about everything and everyone.

2014

No One Listens to the Professor

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Older and angrier, I am ever more consumed with frustrations on just about everything and am never shy to voice my opinion, even if by force.

2015

Real Writers Don’t Use Smileys

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If blogging is regarded as the lowest form of journalism, then smileys are the lowest form of expression.

2016

“Click Here!” How Blogs Make $

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Caution: you are about to enter a no spin zone that details how blogs make money. Actually, I’m already lying since most blogs do not make anything.

2017

I’m Not Tipping Uber Either!

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If you’re an Uber driver and hate your job, then get a new job. Don’t make passengers feel uncomfortable by asking or implying that a tip would be appreciated. (And, yes I used to be a taxi driver.)

2018

Remember That Time TPOL Moved to Mongolia?

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It was the 1st of August. And it was 2014. That was the day I made the Mistake of Moving to Mongolia. (And no, that’s not me drunk, passed out in the stairwell.)

2019

I Don’t Tip at Lounges Either

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I don’t feel bad for not tipping.

2020

Happy New Year from TPOL: The Year & Hindsight Is 2020

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Hindsight is 20/20 and the year is 2020. Looking back at this decade, I’ve made three mistakes. While those mistakes left me busted, I have made three great decisions to make up for it.

2021

Are You Guilty of Traveling Under the Social Influence?

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These days everyone seems to talk about how they are waiting for life to return to normal so they can travel again. I nod in affirmation but smugly think to myself, “Travel again? Where did you go before the pandemic?”

2022

Inventing Anna v. TPOL: Do You Know Who I Am?

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After watching the show, I had the following questions:

  1. Have you been threatened with arrest at your own hotel (see The W Hollywood: Unwelcome Even on Your Birthday)?
  2. What level of research do you think hotels do before you arrive? I doubt they research TPOL but if they did, I can only imagine what hotels think (see Have You Ever Not Complained?).
  3. Why am I not in the ‘database’ for VIP connections in the big city? supra #2
  4. Do you tip the concierge in 100’s? I don’t tip at all, not even Uber Eats. supra #2
  5. “Why would we leave the hotel?” Which of your favorite bloggers does that sound like?
  6. Who had the better hustle – Tinder, Swindler, or Anna? The answer is TPOL.
  7. To that end, why don’t I have more IG followers? Follow me, please.

2023

TPOL in Madrid: Why A Second Residency?

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At some point, my hobbies in Puerto Rico turned into obligations. Now, I need a break from them. I don’t apologize for this smug statement. It wasn’t long ago that yours truly was living in exile in Mongolia. Back then, I thought that suffering was a natural part of life. I attribute my feeling of perpetual guilt in moments of pleasure to my Catholic Arab upbringing which I have endeavored to renounce. Maybe that’s the real reason why I’m not going to visit that church in Madrid. Perhaps that is why I can finally do nothing and not apologize for doing so.

And there you have it, 9 years of the Professor schooling everyone.

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