Tune In

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.

My take on “Confronting Katrina”

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 [...]

Downshifting for the Uphill Battle

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 [...]

By the Numbers

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, [...]

Paying the Price

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 [...]