What started as merely a stop to pee became an adventure in WTFness. At Exit 101 on I-40, nearly visible from the interstate, is a huge gas station/restaurant/gift shop called 101 Travel Stop. It’s the only business within sight. It’s enormous; it’s got a second floor I didn’t even go on. And it is full, FULL [...]
…that is making me laugh. The photo is of me being a ham on the top of Sugarloaf Mountain in Heber Springs back in 2007. Tonight, while individually adding tags to each of my 1,056 photos, I finally wrote a description that articulates what was going through my head when I picked up that enormous branch.
Sadly, [...]
After the drunken celebration of Saturday night (I passed out on an ottoman, and when Adam woke me up, I blurted out “I’m trying to give you the coupon!!” Who knows.), the five of us finally opened our bleary eyes to the morning, where it was SNOWING IN UNION CITY. It never stuck, the flakes melted [...]
Saturday, after sleeping away most of the day, I drove 120 miles up to little bitty Union City, TN. Sunday was my great friend Adam’s birthday. Dan and Colleen from Nashville and I trekked up to spend some time with our rural-minded buddy. Who needs Valentines Day? Not us, that’s for sure. We only need good [...]
This is a nearly infinite world. Sometimes I get quite bogged down in bullshit minutia and forget that. But, then I go home and look at my walls, covered with maps peppered with pins marking all the places I’ve been and the places from which I’ve gotten postcards, making them places I have to go. From [...]
so I can see this fantastic art show, in person. It’s Jill Gallenstein plus artists with complementary styles. There’s not a piece in this exhibit that I don’t want to buy, take home, hang in every room (preferably across from mirrors), imprint onto my bedsheets so I can sleep with it every night, and tattoo onto [...]
Sorry, I got distracted for a while. I’m a bad finisher. Good thing I’m not a man or I would really suck in the sack. I’ve been busy uploading a ton of old photos on Flickr, watching The Wire and Dexter, playing Super Mario Galaxy and spending long stretches of time in either my computer chair, my TV room or my bed. Also I’ve been going to work, but who cares about that.
But, finally, here’s the entry for my last day in San Diego. It’s a win-win: people who enjoyed the story can read one more entry, and people who got bored don’t have to deal with it anymore.
Included: Sea World. A broken camera.
Continue reading The Long San Diego Story, Day Six. The Last Day.
Includes: Heroes panel, LOST panel, American Gladiators, Lloyd Kaufman and more strange costumes.
Before you click on the ‘more’ link, I’ll warn ya…. this entry got long. I did a lot at Comic-Con. There was a lot to say! Plus I am long-winded and boring.
Onward, soldiers…
Continue reading The Long San Diego Story, Day Five
How timely! TripAdvisor.com, a website of user reviews of nationwide tourist attractions, has released their list of the country’s most popular zoos. The list is based on a “popularity index,” which who knows what that means. It’s probably about as scientific as the “popularity index” that gets applied to kids every day in high school cafeterias.
But [...]
Sorry for the delay. I got sidetracked by an ambitious blog revamp, which is turning out to be way more trouble than I bargained for. So for now, I’m sticking with the tried & true. I did do some extensive back-end updating (like y’all care) and add a randomized photo viewer in the sidebar, right over there – - – ->
By the wayyyy, if anyone knows how to edit the PHP to refresh that viewer on each page load instead of once an hour, please hook a sista up. Also, if anyone knows anything about computers, typing, CSS, HTML, XHTML or how to keep your calm while seething and banging your mouse against the desk, let me know about that too.
But back to the important stuff. Day Four. COMIC-CON. Includes geeky costumes, scary crowds and Samuel L Jackson.
Continue reading The Long San Diego Story, Day Four
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