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Thank you, random lady in the airport.
During my layover in Minneapolis on the way back from Thanksgiving, a woman sat down next to me and asked me if I wanted a book. It took me a second to process this offer that came totally out of the blue. I was hesitant at first since I already had a book, but then I saw that the title was The Undomestic Goddess. I couldn't resist. It was a ( Read more... ) -
I read a book last night
It's spring break. I've done all sorts of fun things. I took a road trip to Boston and New York with the boy to see Amanda and Lacey. The boy made fun of me for driving 10 hours to spend all day cooking in Boston, but he seemed to enjoy New York a lot. It was great to get away from CMU and spend time with friends and see cool things. Like the ( Read more... ) -
1984? Various travel thoughts
For some reason I really noticed on this trip home how much announcements in airports make it sound like we're in a police state.
- "The TSA would like to remind you that the threat level remains at orange, and the items you can carry with you are restricted."
- "Your baggage is subject to search at any time."
- "Please report any suspicious activity to ( Read more... )
- "The TSA would like to remind you that the threat level remains at orange, and the items you can carry with you are restricted."
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On the road again, like a bag of chipsies we go down the highway.
That's really how I learned the song. My cousin had mistakenly sung it that way, the rest of the family thought it was cute, and it was adopted for all future road trips. I was at least 10 before I learned that that wasn't how the song goes ( Read more... ) -
Traveling Book
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance seems to have become my traveling book. Which seems rather appropriate for the book. It means that it's taking me a long time to get through it, since I don't travel all that frequently. But I think this is a very good way to read it. Not that just reading it straight through wouldn't be a good way, ( Read more... )