No maps for these territories

hello people, I am at home after epic cross-country post-xmas journey with mr. adhair, and we are staying home with zero plans for NYE because I am still sick to my stomach. We’re watching “The Lone Gunmen” and “The Thin Man.” I got food poisoning in Tucson, yuck, from a salad at a diner which [...]

And now I’m on my way back through Texas! With the excellent company of Mr. , I’m making my way back towards California, for New Year’s. Christmas was good; it was great to see all of my family. I miss them all.
You’ll be pleased to know I got a speeding ticket in west Texas. WEst [...]

I always write a lot privately about traveling but never post very much publicly about my trips — usually because I’m too exhausted. This gets complaints. So here are some things before I forget, in reverse order:
* I am in a hotel in El Paso, where I-10 comes swooping down from the mountains and you [...]

I love presents. Who doesn’t? I mean, seriously, presents are great.
But the thing is, presents don’t have to be big to be awesome. This is self-evident, something we all learn as children, yet still not culturally explicit in this consumer-based society (I have been noticing lately just how consumer-focused, since I just got cable and [...]

Today I checked out the classic Where I’m Calling From by Raymond Carver. (Worst idea for happy leisure reading ever, but that’s another story; I only own Short Cuts and was wishing I had the entire set of stories to refer to the other day. Maybe I will follow it up with Phillip Marlowe for [...]

ALA is looking for a knowledgeable pro-Wikipedia speaker — a good volunteer Wikipedian/librarian would be ideal, but you don’t actually have to be a librarian — to participate in a panel/talk at ALA midwinter in Denver. (I’m not going). It sounds like it will be an overview about the pros and cons of Wikipedia, focusing [...]