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View Article  I apologize for all the testing
This is a test. I apologize for all the emails subscribers have gotten today. I've been trying to work out ...   more »
View Article  A Living Connection to History
There are people still alive today that met and knew former slaves. We are not so far removed from that dark chapter in our history.   more »
View Article  The Virtual Yard Sale
I'm selling a bunch of stuff. Need anything?   more »
View Article  States # 12, 13 and 14. (Updated w/ Photos)
Breakfast in Utah, Lunch in Las Vegas, Dinner at Home.   more »
View Article  Nebraska is Much More Interesting than Kansas (Updated w/ Photos)
Dry clothes, bar hopping and old friends in the shadow of the Rockies, snoring earns me the best place to sleep.   more »
View Article  We Needed an Arc to Get Through Iowa (Updated w/ Photos)
But at least Nebraska is dry.   more »
View Article  On The Road Again (Updated w/ Photos)
Reuben's Apartment is emptied, car is filled.   more »
View Article  I Suck at New York (Updated w/ Photos)
Mark is daunted by the subway, and abuses his feet to the point of rebellion.   more »
View Article  The heat has lifted, I strike out on my own.
Its now my third day in the city. Reub has much to do to prepare for his move, so I'm ...   more »
View Article  Ludicrous Cross-Country Road Trip 3, Half the There is Getting Fun (Updated w/photos)
In This Episode, Mark Invents a New Way of Hailing a Cab, Taking two cabs and a plane to get from Reuben's Apartment to...Reuben's apartment.   more »
View Article  Car Insurance: Benefit or Scam?

Let's say you buy a service from someone. For this service, you have to pay $50 per month, and get ...   more »

View Article  Holidays and Upgrades

A busy December, and a bug filled January have left this blog a lonely, quiet place for the past 2 ...   more »

View Article  Airport Season 2009!
It is that time of year once again where I update from the airport on my way back to North ...   more »
View Article  Hiking Series: Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, NV


This year the family gathered in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. I know for most people "Vegas" isn't the first thing ...   more »
View Article  Hiking Series: Crest Ridge Ecological Preserve (Crest)

With the cooler weather, we've been able to resume our weekly hikes. I've got a back log to cover, but ...   more »
View Article  Anyone Can Do Archaeology.
Kelley sent me an email the other day that had a neat story I wanted to share with you all. ...   more »
View Article  2012: Completely Implausible, Intelligence Insulting good time.

Saw 2012 over the weekend. I got exactly what I expected out of it: Completely implausible, intelligence insulting good time. ...   more »

View Article  It's Alive! And it's been Released!

After years of work, months of recording, months of mixing and then weeks of waiting, the earthShine album is now ...   more »

View Article  Alaska in Pictures, Part 5: Ketchikan and Victoria, BC.

This trip ending really bites.

Our final two stops on the tour were more about culture than about scenery.
Ketchikan ...   more »
View Article  Alaska in Pictures, Part 4: Glacier Bay


When the area was first mapped between 1750 and 1780, Those first explorers didn't see what we now see. In ...   more »
View Article  Alaska in Pictures, Part 3: Skagway, Vistas and Rails

After the latest sunset I've ever seen (9:55pm) and a good night's sleep. I was ready for my leisurely day ...   more »
View Article  Alaska in Pictures, Part 2: Juneau, Sea Lions and Glaciers and Whales, Oh My!

When planning our time in Juneau, I had to choose between visiting Mendenall Glacier (pictured above) and going on a ...   more »
View Article  Alaska in Pictures, Part 1: Seattle and the Inside Passage

Those of you that read the "live blog" from Alaska may be wondering about all those pictures I'd mentioned. I'm ...   more »
View Article  Disconnected in Alaska, & I feel fine
Skagway was a tiny little town surrounded by mountains. As you know, I'm partial to those. There I hitched a ...   more »
View Article  Juneau: ice & whales
I like Juneau. Palin's last day in office was the day before I got here. She clearly heard I was ...   more »
View Article  Off to the great white north
As I write this I'm sitting in a deck chair, with mountains to my left & fading coastline to my ...   more »
View Article  How Sprint Turned a Loyal Customer of 8 Years and Avid Defender Into a FORMER Customer in Less Than 2 Weeks

I will be firing my wireless company, the only wireless company I've ever had. I started out with Sprint in ...   more »

View Article  I Didn't Drop Off the Planet, I Made it Home

That's a lot of driving. I'm not sure I want to do it again next year, I may take a ...   more »
View Article  Almost there
We finally made it through Kansas and into Colorado. I've had enough of flat and featureless for a while. We ...   more »
View Article  Illinois is stinky
I don't know what it was, Perhaps a lot of chicken & pig farms, but every few miles in IL ...   more »
View Article  Taco time in illinois
We've stopped for tacos in Illinois. This is the toughest part of the drive because it's late, dark & boring. ...   more »
View Article  Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, for ya. Transitioning into night now.   more »
View Article  Live blog for return home
This will be an experiment in live blogging as I send real time updates of my journey home from my ...   more »
View Article  Bob's long, Wonderful Evening Interrupted by Ludicrously Beautiful Morning

After I last wrote, we spent many hours wrestling with my desktop PC, which has decided that it is against ...   more »
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