So, we’re around the breakfast table this morning and Michelle announces “Hey – it’s Free Comic Book Day today!” What? “Free Comic Book Day. You go to any comic book […]

Forgive me, but I’m going to gloat and strut. I have, by dint of – okay, dumb luck – demonstrated momentary prowess in one of the great Manly Arts of […]

I’m done roadtripping for a while, so I recommend that travel-thirsty folks take a sideways step and spend some time visiting Zach’s blog. You remember Zach from the South Pole, […]

The woman sitting next to me in Row 14 smells like old tobacco smoke. It feels like the smell of casinos, the smell of endless rows of unsmiling, disheveled folk […]

Ah, what’s not to love about Highway 395? It really gives a sweeping view of those quirky corners of the old reality map that make California, well, California. Oh, and […]

Yeah, it’s sunglasses allthe way down. Like turtles. Tahoe – did I mention? We’re doing a bit of a family roadtrip this week. A couple of days of Spring skiing […]

It’s strange how much trouble I have with simple questions. On the road, there are those two questions you’re always asked by those barefoot marketplace kids: “What’s your name?” and […]

Okay, I’ll admit it – I’m so, completely, unreasonably pleased with myself. Even the kids are impressed. (Kudos to RPSC for apparently getting the whole three year backlog in the […]

Hi all – going to go quiet for a bit on the blog while I catch up on work. In the meantime, I’ve posted a bunch of (okay, too many) […]

Airborne, westbound, for a long, long night. This morning seems so far away – no surprise there, I guess. Hard to link the goats-running-dirtroad-crazy-noise-and-heat marketplace of this morning with Seat […]