Category: From The Road

  • Bad Flight Bingo

    Thursday, February 25, 2010 Thursday’s flight back home from San Francisco wasn’t bad … but it contained all of the stereotypical elements of a bad flight.

  • Oh, the weather outside …

    Thursday’s snow wasn’t deep by any means, but it created a lovely layer of ice. This is the “Climate Change Bailout Program” for local news networks and cable TV weather coverage.

  • Mountain views with a side of turkey

    Snow covered mountains, Thanksgiving for two and at least one day of doing nothing thanks to a Mythbusters marathon … pics from my Thanksgiving weekend are on Flickr.

  • Vacation Time

    I have a few people on my mind … … the friends I won’t be seeing this Thanksgiving. Rather than visit family or host our usual “expatriate Thanksgiving” for our friends, Suzan and I will escape for a weekend of our own.

  • The Neon is Dead, Long Live the Neon!

    Well, it was bound to happen sometime. Our beloved 1998 Plymouth Neon, with a whopping 226,000 miles, decided to retire … on the side of the highway … with a smoking clutch. There will be a moment of silence before I call the tow truck …

  • The Three Photo Sequence

    I’ve put some of my video habit aside to work on photography, thanks to my new Canon Rebel T1i. On my last photo outing to the Little Five Points Halloween Parade, I captured a classic three photo sequence. This requires a little bit of explanation so you understand the source of the funny. Note: one…