In 2011 I traveled 15,000 miles around the US and Canada visiting friends and colleagues I have known through my online work.
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Crossing into the 10,000+ mile range of this trip, I am having a blurry epiphany, whatever the heck that means. I set out on the trip with a goal of “seeing what this country is really about”. While I have traveled far, I in actuality […]
Based in the recommendation of David Kernohan I bought a copy and devoured “Things the Grandchildren Should Know”, the life obstacle overcoming journey of Mark Oliver Everett, the man behind The Eels. Before David played a long set of Eels, my limited by very satisfying exposure was the haunting Novocaine for the Soul, a frequent […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 105 Miles Driven: 9856 Number of States/Provinces driven in: 17 Number of US/Canadian Border Crossings: 2 Money spent on gas: $2678 Cheapest gas price: $3.25/gallon (Fredericksburg, VA). Highest gas price: $5.64/gallon (1.39/liter) (Wawa, ON). Amount of time required to […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Among the scattered notes scribbled illegibly in my journal, tapped into the app on my phone, and mainly swirling through my head was the image of the quiet powerful earth moving force of the Salmon River I saw in northern Idaho. I had followed this […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 98 Miles Driven: 9661 Number of States/Provinces driven in: 17 Number of US/Canadian Border Crossings: 2 Money spent on gas: $2604 Amount of time required to drive 47 miles from Falls Church VA to Baltimore DC: 2.5 hours (frustration: […]
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog You had to be there. Well, I am glad I was there. GNA Garcia and Jim Groom here are having too much fun doing a improv version of Mikhail Gershovich’s radio conversations with his mom. Or maybe we had too much fun watching. As part […]
There’s some ds106 radio smackdown looming for #bavastock weekend as to which crew has the best acts… While I have been in the EST since August 19, I am for all time zones (if you have no idea what I am talking about, just click away). Yeah, I am Bad, I am Nationwide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mzW3hstBfA
While resting at my sister’s home in Baltimore (recovering from the crud from the road), I’ve found some bits of media flotsam/jetsam from the last few weeks. The time here near the place I spent my first 18 years has brought up some nice and fuzzy memories. Three weeks ago, my sister and I took […]
Six are the vignettes that make up David Mitchell’s time spanning novel, Cloud Atlas. Six stories that are loosely connected over six time periods, past and future. Six stories that play themselves out partly in first halves, then sequentially reverse themselves backward to completion. Alas, sick I am (a cold) in finishing this book, attempting […]
Found via the ever bag of gold of brainpickings comes the Holstee Manifesto: No, I am trying to dl all of it. Life is short. Life your dream and share your passion. Add- Make some (MacGuffin Art) Damnit!
