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When I’m traveling, the happiest moments for me (other than while at the destination) are when I’m walking between or to gates. iPod playing something with an edge, long strides, and a self-assured air, I’m splitting crowds and know exactly … Continue reading →

The Ice! exhibit (and no, the exclamation point is not my addition) at Maryland’s Gaylord National (park? center? facility?) is cold. I’m going to gloss over the “gaylord” jokes as I’ve already used them up on Twitter and Facebook…but it … Continue reading →

on the east coast anyway. This will sound weird because it is, but tomorrow, when the family goes downstairs, there will be a stocking hung by the fireplace with my name on it that was not there the night before. … Continue reading →

I shoveled snow for the first time yesterday. It wasn’t even a lot of snow; but, it was enough to realize that it isn’t something that I want to make a habit of. Why do you people live here? My … Continue reading →

Maybe it’s because there’s no xBox or television or rock show or girl or food to hold my interest, but, I get writey when I’m travelling. If not writing, I’m sketching…sometimes both. I’m not particulalry great at either, but it’s … Continue reading →

What’s the deal with airplane food? I wouldn’t know, because like thousands of other holiday travelers, my flight was canceled due to inclement weather in the DC area. It has been canceled, in fact, three times already. I was supposed … Continue reading →

Which sounds cool on paper, much like “I work on satellites” did when I worked at Lockheed, but the reality is (and was) far less glamorous. I’ve “done” London before, so there was very little that I had to see. … Continue reading →

Not a day after getting motivated to travel, devil-may-care into the void, I find out that I need to go to London next week for work! Great, right? It’s a quick, turnaround trip, but it’s a whole other country all … Continue reading →

Every time I read On the Road I feel like traveling (my favorite book, incidentally)…and I don’t mean in a lackadaisical “It would be nice to go to Hawaii in the summer” kind of way, but instead in a “I’m … Continue reading →

Growing up, my mother would force-feed me 10-15 vitamins a day…every day. In addition, we ate fairly healthy food (though more meat than I do nowadays), vinegar juice with every meal (a diluted solution of apple cider vinegar in water), … Continue reading →