While walking across the parking lot of our local grocery store, my 3yr old noticed a paint splat on the ground. It looked as if someone just dumped a splotch of paint out to see what color it was. “What’s that Dada?” he said to me. I prepared to give a long explanation of why [...]
February 11, 2011
For my birthday (recently) my wife purchased for me a Barnes and Noble e-Reader (the Nook). I have been wanting an e-Reader for a long time now. Usually, at any given time, there is a stack of books on my bed-side table. Having that stack available in one nifty portable location is very appealing. Some [...]
April 12, 2009
In the first and second parts of this article I talked about what sort of gear I tend to carry when hitching, which is a very useful sort of thing to know, but now that you have your gear all packed, and your journey planned out (at least partially), where do you go from here? [...]
April 2, 2009
This is the second part of a how-to on hitchhiking. You can find the first part here: how to hitchike- part one In part one tried to use scary photos of Jeffery Dahmer to disuade you from trying such a dangerous venture; however, here you are at part two, so clearly you are seriously considering [...]
March 30, 2009
At some point in your life, whether out of necessity or sense of adventure, you may want to try hitch hiking. Although there are many horror movies that depict hitchhikers as axe-wielding homicidal maniacs, I can tell you that generally speaking this is not the case. Most hitchhikers are simply trying to get somewhere. The [...]
February 24, 2009
When I say “look trashy,” I am not talking about looking like a prostitute, but more about wearing worn out clothing, driving a beat up vehicle, or living in a shack, especially if you are doing these things because you recycle more than you purchase, or you buy second-hand rather than new, or you are [...]
February 21, 2009
Since this is my first Blog Post, I thought I would do a yearly update here to follow how my blogging is going. 2010 was definitely not the year of the blog. February 17th, 2011: I have picked up blogging again, and have already added several changes to the theme and back-end. I am still [...]
August 28, 2011
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