Category: Travel

Where I’ve traveled and traveling experiences

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Travel Weather

More storms, other stuff

Well, enough of the dabbling among the mix of art and technology. More storms coming in, another alert, but it doesn’t look like much. Thanks to the Internet, we can all be meteorologists pretending we know how to read the weather maps.

I’ll see if I can get any more weather photos, but you know, you can only take so many pics of clouds, and they all start looking alike. Like Volkswagons.

I have another trip across the country to plan. This time I’m taking the van and camping along the way rather than staying in motels. Always room for an adventure.

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Travel

Thoughts of a traveler

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

Another storm watch on, and this one left tornados in its wake in Kansas. Another excellent light and sound show tonight. I thought I would ramble a bit online while I wait for it.

I’ve been called into jury duty the first week in June. Yup, Burningbird on a jury. Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?

I was saddened for the people of New Hamphire, losing their Old Man on the Mountain. I hope they don’t try to piece it back together, though. It just wouldn’t be the same. Would you want to visit Mount Rushmore if Teddy’s nose dropped off and someone glued it back on?

Speaking of which, does everyone set their cruise control at the speed limit + five?

Have you ever noticed when you drive long distances that you have these weird conversations with yourself? For instance, every time I pass into Kansas, I always sing the song from Wizard of Oz, “Oh we’re off to see the wizard!”. And when I leave I say those immortal words of…well, you know what I say.

Why are there six rest rooms twenty miles apart, and then not another one for 300 miles?

And then there’s the border between Nevada and Utah. Reno has sometimes been called the “Sodom and Gemorrah” of the states. And Salt Lake City in Utah is known to be very conservative and quite religious. And there’s the salt flat between the two. Anyone else but me get a chuckle from this?

Why is it you never see anyone working in the areas blocked off for road development?

Does that constant movement of the car make you…well, never mind.

Have you noticed when you’re driving at night that the only other vehicles on the road are semi-trucks? And in these circumstances, do you have a hard time getting that Dennis Weaver movie, Duel out of your mind?

Why are the sunrises when you’re on the road so beautiful?

 

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Travel

In St. Lou

Recovered from the Wayback machine.

Just a quick note if anyone’s interested.

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Travel Weblogging

Howdy from Cheyenne

Short trip today – Salt Lake to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Uneventful day on the road. Still feeling rough from last week, aided and abetted by memory lane trip yesterday. I look and feel like I’ve been rode hard and put away wet.

Tomorrow, pushing through to St. Louis. Rah.

So many people have been doing “series blogging” lately, such as Mark Pilgrim’s 30 days to accessibility, and Jonathon’s World Cup reportage. I thought I would give this a shot by creating a series of postings on one central theme:

The Bird’s Tips to Becoming a Good American

No, seriously. In fact, I’d start tonight, but my connectivity is poor and I’ll need bandwidth for my first tip: “Verbal Weaponry in the War against Terrorism”. No hints other than it will be action packed. Be prepared to take notes.

I hope that Mark and Jonathon don’t mind me stealing their series concept. Mark seems cool, and we know Jonathon has a sense of humor – all people who live in a relaxed, squishy world have a sense of humor.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go hang out at Mike Golby’s place – he’s talking sex.

(BTW, Mike, I looked all over at Phil’s for a Sex Fixit FAQ but all I could find was weblogging stuff. Darn.)

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Travel Weather Weblogging

Stuff

Recovered from the Wayback Machine.

I checked and it’s only 85 degrees and 20% humidity outside – St. Louis is 91 and 41% humidity. I’m going to die. I just know I’m going to die. I’m going to hit the sidewalk there and my toes are going to curl up and I’ll start melting into this puddle of goo, plaintively calling out “I’m melting. I’m melting.”

Allan posted a link to a cartoon send up of webloggers. Okay, I squirmed a bit with this ‘toon. I must write more in-depth political essays of the essentialness of the American experience, and our war on terror. And must weblog about sex more. Not today, though. I’m tired, and have a headache.

This is fun: AKMA, Wonder Chicken, and Rageboy have been given parts in a re-make of Dune. AKMA stars as Dr. Yueh, Wonder Chicken is Jamis, and Chris Locke is The Beast Rabban. Of course, now that they’re all big names and stars they won’t be socializing with the little people. We can kiss off the cozy meetings over coffee on Tuesdays, the Saturday socials.

Sheila Lennon writes about a byline strike at the Providence Journal, the Washington Post, Canadian publications and elsewhere. Article writers are withholding their bylines from stories in protest about not having a contract between their various Newspaper Guilds and the publications they write for.

This is an interesting protest because writers like to be given credit for their publications. I support the writers – of course – but wouldn’t a better strike be to not write for the publication at all?

Shannon’s a Godmother of a new baby girl, Charlotte. Can’t ask for a better nanny to sing one to sleep can one?

Hmmm. That last sentence was meant as a compliment. You all took that as a compliment, didn’t you?

And chocorate. I like chocorate.