As part of the “Confronting Katrina” day, I’ll be playing New Orleans music on KRLX from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM tomorrow. Tune in to learn more about the city’s influence on our musical heritage.

Posted on March 30th, 2006 by Lee
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Those of you in the Carleton sphere already know about this Friday’s symposium, entitled “Confronting Katrina: How should we respond?”. Carleton is cancelling classes (a scandalously momentous event) to provide a day of reflection, discussion, and celebration.
I have no doubt that Carleton will put on a most noble academic discussion of the events surrounding [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2006 by Lee
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Two days in, and I already feel behind.
Making to-do lists is sometimes a bad idea. Especially when they turn out to be really long, and instead of working them down over the last two weeks, you’ve been on a road trip vacation. I accomplished a few important things today, but not nearly as [...]

Posted on March 29th, 2006 by Lee
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We made it back!

Total miles: 5743.9
Tanks of gas: 19
Number of days: 12
Most miles in one day: ~945 (Salt Lake City to Omaha)
States visited: 10
Motels: 3
Nights in the car: 1
Photos taken: 405 (not counting deleted photos)
Bottles of wine we brought back: 2
Amount Ross now owes me: $204

After two days of relaxing in Milwaukee with Ross’s family, [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2006 by Lee
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We just got the shaft on gas.
We’re in Animosa, Iowa, where we just stopped for gas.  To save a few cents a gallon, we pulled into the discount station.  It’s one of those places where the price is displayed on a big LED because it changes daily.  We pull up, fill up our tank and [...]

Posted on March 23rd, 2006 by Lee
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