Got my own server: http://www.untitled1.us

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I lost all my stuff - temporarily. I went hiking one more time on Mount Turtleback. I found a cave and camped there for the night. In the morning I decided to leave my gear in the cave and hike around a little bit. When I got back I discovered that I couldn't find the cave. I felt pretty stupid about that. Hiking on the steep incline of a ( Read more... )

As I said, I arrived in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico two nights ago. I was scheduled to get in at about 2:45 am, so I had planned on just sleeping in the bus station. As it turns out, there is no bus station in Truth or Consequences. They just dropped me off on the side of the street. A cop stopped and gave me directions to the hostel, ( Read more... )

I tried walking into the library this morning, but a woman stopped me and told me that it wasn't open until 9:00. I thought of trying to argue that it was 9:00 (central time), but didn't. I suppose this is like taking into account the rotation of the earth to get out of a speeding ticket, or saying, "It's always breakfast somewhere in the world ( Read more... )

Last Friday we went to visit Liila in the hospital. The doctors think she's having an allergic reaction to some antibiotics she was taking ( Read more... )

So I've realized that those clever signs they put in Jimmy Jon's are the same no matter where you go. That's okay; their day old bread is still good ( Read more... )

So I made it to Austin. Besides being long, boring and incredibly uncomfortable, not much happened on the bus ride down here. On the layover in Memphis I met a small skinny kid dressed in all black who was on his way to Arizona. He said he was transferring his two jobs there: Walgreen's clerk and Bounty Hunter. Imagining this little guy taking ( Read more... )

Last night I was at Kuk Sool Won and Noah, having successfully rendered me unconscious for quite some time when I refused to tap out of a grappling match, suggested that I keep a blog going while I travel. I had thought of this before, but - while I planned to keep a private journal that might eventually be seen by a select few - I wasn’t sure how ( Read more... )