Travel
Dreaming of Wauconda
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June 12, 2012
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June 12, 2012
Why does the relish glow - sometimes green, sometimes blue - in Chicago?
Getting To The Olympic Games
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June 6, 2012
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June 6, 2012
Being the best in your country is not enough.
Frequent Flyer
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May 27, 2012
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May 27, 2012
This is the Memphis airport in the 1950s. There were three gates, #1, #2 and #3, but seeing more than one plane at a time there, much less three, was rare.
Shrunken Head
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May 24, 2012
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May 24, 2012
Yep, it’s a real one.
I grew up in Memphis and not far from where we lived was The Pink Palace.
Mingus Mountain, Arizona
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May 16, 2012
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May 16, 2012
But it has a problem.
The summit, at 7800-odd feet, is higher than any other mountain for dozens of miles.
Tuna Eyeball Juice
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May 13, 2012
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May 13, 2012
On the evening before the last day of class in South Korea, the sales guy from the company I work for took all of us out for dinner.
Workday Sirens
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April 29, 2012
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April 29, 2012
Outside our window, the civil defense sirens are sounding.
I’m Back
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April 29, 2012
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April 29, 2012
Jet-lagging today after the 30 hour assault yesterday.
Briefly talked with an F-15 jock on the last, SFO to PHX, leg.