January 2009
OMG! Someone who Obama met twice got busted in Nairobi for possessing one joint. Great day for CNN.
My latest on Examiner: Save money on Super Bowl tickets by setting a budget—-and then blowing it http://ping.fm/zU22R
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Ladies and gentleman, your Super Bowl halftime act, Bruce Springsteen, on football, “I don’t know anything about it!”
Watching Rick Steves video poscasts, nine-week-old—not mine!—snoring on my shoulder.
New Examiner post—Get $12,000 worth of airfare for $500: http://ping.fm/PJJdQ
New article: cheap airfare from Louisville to Phoenix—a warm city with electricity http://ping.fm/7w943
Boating and fishing enthusiasts—there’s a social network just for you: www.fishington.com
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Union Station DC teeming with pro-life high school students; based on their signs, some would be better off back in biology class
My recap of Obama’s inauguration activities in Washington, DC: http://ping.fm/9nJnx
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Not one to usually comment on fashion, but…Michelle Obama’s dress resembled Wilma Flintstone’s, only covered in vanilla frosting. #inaug09
Closest experience I can compare to inauguration 2009? Red Sox World Series win 2004. #inaug09
Just got interviewed outside of Busboys & Poets by Washington Post for video documentary on inauguration. #inaug09
On The Mall, not detecting much enthusiasm for inauguration of Joe Biden.
Just passed White House, wonder if Bush slept well. #inaug09
Just passed White House, wonder if Bush slept well. #inaug00
My obvious budget travel tip: save money by getting their quicker: http://ping.fm/QVMsr
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OMG!!! I just saw Tobey McGuire’s wife at Commissary!
Arghhhhhh! I just missed Usher at Commissary by less than five minutes! Argh! Usher! Usher! Argh!
Taking a day away from Obamamania to work.
Is wondering what happened with DC bars serving until 5 a.m. this weekend.
Seven travel blogs you should read (according to me): http://ping.fm/fZyH5
Regrets coming to DC so soon, feeling less sure about move. Miss the inflated self-importance of living in a relevant city.
Feels strange arriving in DC area as a visitor and not a resident.
Leaving Las Vegas for DC, and the greatest coronation since Napoleon crowned himself.
Already knew you’re safer when traveling with a pilot who’s an Air Force Academy grad.
So bored. Drinking Guinness in sports book and reading Economist (great article on Bush’s legacy) while brother naps.
is confused by these here penny slots. Pay line? Line bet? And where’s the lever?
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Just won $18.20 on Wake Forest beating BC, offsetting last night’s tragic $4.50 loss in video poker.
Finding Vegas neither horrific nor fantastic, just underwhelming.
Expecting Vegas-caused depression: either it’ll be the epitome of American soullessness or I’ll have to cope with having been wrong.
Just learned strategy for flying over a mountain in an F-18 (inverted ridge crossing). Hope to implement soon.
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No doubt if this barren wasteland were in Turkey I’d find it charming.
Welcome to Texas sign we just passed declared it the proud home state of George W. Bush. Guess he still trumps tumbleweed.
Just west of Oklahoma City: struggling to find a meal that doesn’t come with a sidedish of adult-onset diabetes.
Listening to Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded: more convinced than ever that US automakers deserve to fail. I demand comeuppance!
About to leave Missouri, a state I’ll remember fondly for its billboards advertising campgrounds, churches, and adult bookstores.
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Spending first night of almost-cross-country trip in Lebanon, Missouri. Applebee’s trumped Shoney’s for dinner. Regardless, we still lost.
Why do I crave food on road trips that I usually find revolting?
Leaving for DC this morning, with stops first in Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada.
Any Louisville folks want to improve public speaking? Friend is teaching a course at Bellarmine (link’s to catalog PDF): http://ping.fm/sXSLy
The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: 423 reviews on Amazon, 0 on Borders.com. Anyone shop at Borders.com?
20008 Golden Bull Awards announced: http://ping.fm/jRQjd
Fly roundtrip to Hawaii for cheap: http://ping.fm/RL23Q