Where should I go? I must hit the road some time this year. Preferably off the North American Continent, since I haven't done that since I was 14.

Poll Where to?

He's on the road, in Arkansas currently. He says: never go to Arkansas, they have more mosquitos than the Great Dismal Swamp ( Read more... )

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And on the left side of the plane if you'll look out you can see a sick man, a beggar, and a corpse...


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It has come to my attention that I need a vacation. Alone. In the desert or up the Central Coast. I usually do this twice a year and it's one of the things that keeps me from completing my transformation into Howard BealeIt doesn't have to be long or cost a lot of money. A long weekend, two overnights in a cheap motel, and a digestible series of ( Read more... )

I left some out because memories were hazy from childhood, but wow. Still a lot.


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I try not to to be too hard on hack writers most of the time. It's hard to make a living in journalism, and a lot of jobs are at boring and stultifying industry house organs or shilltalk ad rags. These are people who wanted to be ink-stained front page reporters or film critics and they get to write about aluminum foil or fabulous getaway weekends ( Read more... )

The world's worst theme park post is back up and available. Come with us to Fantazy Land, Alexandria Egypt's second best family attraction!

Argentina on Two Steaks a Day


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As a child I spent a lot of time in art museums. My parents were culture vultures and we traveled a lot in Europe, including a year in Paris and some summers in Italy, France, and England. From the age of 7 to 14 I tagged along to every church, museum, archaeological site, castle, and concert in the First World ( Read more... )