I just made it back to Kearney from the Vanderslice show in Omaha.  Since my van needs at least twelve new tires, power steering fluid, brake work, new oil, etc, we risked it in Dan's almost-equally deplorable vehicle.  We made it to Lincoln, hitched a ride the rest of the way with Kind Broc and Egregious Eric, and sat down for a lovely night of ( Read more... )

My entire exhaust system fell off the bottom of my van.  It is now tied to the bottom of the van with a couple of extension cords.

I have nearly zero dollars.

Every time I get out on the open road, I try to turn my cruise control on.
Tonight, for the first time in over 2 years, it worked.

Between the good friends, the good family, the T-bone steaks, the Sloppy Joe's, the cruise control, and the hours of swimming and relaxing, this has been quite an excellent 36 hour vacation.

So I have a basement bedroom and a giant window, and it has a window-well cover over it.  The last few days I have had the window-well cover up and leaning against the wall over the window-well to promote air movement in my room ( Read more... )

Things to do before my lease is up at the end of JULY ( Read more... )

Well today I buzzed my hair to 5/8 inch.
But the beard prevails and marches on determinedly!!

So where do I go now?

Here is a letter that I sent with my citation and money ( Read more... )

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In the blue night
frost haze, the sky glows
with the moon
pine tree tops
bend snow-blue, fade
into sky, frost, starlight.
The creak of boots.
Rabbit tracks, deer tracks,
what do we know.

Gary Snyder

Interesting weekend to say the least.  Saturday I left Kearney in my van at about 2 p.m. and headed east with a Coke and expired tags.  Sure enough, after 45 minutes on I-80, one of Nebraska's finest pulled up behind me, lights flashing. 
Mr Officer started out with a good attitude.  He asked me for my paper shit and I showed him and he was like, " ( Read more... )