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TSA on the way from Blue Bubble to Red Supermajority
I'm leaving my home in Portland, Oregon to visit family in eastern Tennessee. My family needs help. I'm in the airport now, waiting for my first flight.
The airport was different this time with a fancy wooden dome over the entry area, and wooden chandeliers and whatnot. They're promoting Oregon as a tree farm. They're also promoting Portland ( Read more... ) -
Time for America to Grow Up?
Maybe not quite yet, but I can hope. This article is right on:
9 Things Many Americans Just Don’t Grasp (Compared to the Rest of the World)
Americans' lack of worldliness clouds our views on everything from economics to sex to religion.
By Alex Henderson / AlterNet March 25, 2015 transportation, america, politics, bible, healthcare, education, language, world, sex, culture, businessNew Blue Amphibious Craft
It will get you a girl in a bikini if you believe the ad. I bet the gas mileage stinks.
the Yike Bike
interesting new 2-wheeled motorized urban personal transport ( Read more... )Bicycle Gymnastics
Whoa, Nelly.The Train
I took the amtrak from Portland to Seattle and back again. On the way there a young couple traded their business class seat to me, so they could sit together. I liked business class. There was a nice little heater right by my chair, and the seat was big enough to sit crosslegged in. On the way back, I took my comp ticket to the ticket counter ( Read more... )back to the long gray rain
We arrived back in Portland after 10pm last night. Our flight from Atlanta was delayed, first by a late-arriving plane and later we know not why, but we sat in the plane for 90 minutes after boarding before it started to move. I personally think that the airlines would get a better reaction if they were to be honest about needing to do repairs on ( Read more... )3 bridge day
Today I took a break from studying and Suzanne and I went downtown. We walked over the 17th Ave and caught a bus that took us near the Ross Island bridge, where we jumped off, crossed a street and got on a 19 going across the Ross Island bridge (#1) downtown. We rode to the north end of downtown and got off in Chinatown, and walked down to the ( Read more... )
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