Fresh, Hot Wastes of Time

Clearly I need to spend more time in the Heartland. Create your own Visited States Map; link shamelessly stolen from Publius.

Maybe someday I’ll write up a more detailed travelogue (realistically, probably not), but we just got back from a week in Portsmouth, NH, which was a lovely change from the 100+ degree temperatures we’ve been having lately. The highest it got there was about 83 degrees, and we almost froze with the 60 degree temps [...]

Is the over-abundance of online reviews taking the joy out of exploring and trying new things? Can’t remember the last time I just stopped at a place because it looked interesting. Now I have to google it first and read the top and bottom reviews and see if it’s worth it. And I’ve been some [...]

I ran into people talking about gutta percha three times in the last week. I’d never heard of it before. I got invited to join the honors society at school. I also submitted a paper about Disney’s parks and how they relate to Fisher’s Narrative Theory for presentation at SOURCE, my school’s annual conference, and [...]

We’re back from Disney World, btw. It was exhausting, but fun. 11 nights on the road and in Orlando. I heart my Camelbak. Perhaps I’ll do a more detailed write-up; perhaps not. Won’t be today, anyway. So, remember when I went all SQUEE about the movie adaptation of The Dark is Rising? Yeah, turns out, [...]

When I was a kid there used to be these comic books impregnated with ink that you could brush with a damp paintbrush and the page would magically spring into color. Do they still make those? 3 more sleeps until we leave for Disney World. The girls are struggling to clean up their acts so [...]

We’re planning the big Family Vacation this summer and I’m trying to absorb everything there is to know about Disney World. I came across this video of the Kiss Goodnight they play after the park closes and I got a little teary at the beginning, then just about lost it when they started singing, “Like [...]

Only in LV can they implode buildings with such panache. Farewell, Stardust. I’ve stayed there and played there, and it had character.