Category Archives: Travel

December’s Narwhal

December’s narwhal is Reggie (left).
He’s an Aquarius from Greenland. He likes C.S. Lewis, terriers, and tacos.

Interlaken, China

Oh man, I want to stay here.

Coffee Pot Meth: You’ve Been Warned

From Kevin Kelly’s Street Use:
Ask just about anyone in law enforcement, and they’ll tell you to be careful if you ever brew coffee in a hotel room. “I know enough now that whenever I go to a hotel, regardless of how nice it is, I’ll never use a coffee pot,” said Marshall County District [...]

Del Taco in Detroit?

Yet another amazing lesson, courtesy of YouTube. Del Taco is no longer just a West Coast phenomenon. Dan from Del Taco is in the suburbs of Detroit people.

travel week

Gotta love those major airlines

Ze has a lovely experience on Delta.
On a sidenote (via a link on Ze’s page) — you know what I love in my airline?  A nice healthy Chapter 11 statement.
Kudos United & Delta.
Suck on that, Southwest.

Experts find evidence of Bosnia pyramid

Evidence of a a pyramid that’s 1/3 larger than those in Egypt was found buried in Bosnia.  You know what this means? 
Not only do the theories about Egyptians not actually building the pyramids seems to gain some cred.  But more importantly….the plot to the movie Alien vs. Predator would seem to be coming true.

Flying into Reno?

Well say hello to the Reno Tahoe Airport website:

First off — you have to feel for the guy who had to pose for this photo.  I’m sure he was paid well for his time, and fortunately for him no one probably visits this site….but can you imagine if YOU posed for this photo, and all [...]

Hermanns survives a hole in his plane’s fuselage

Went to pick up my friend Jeremy Hermanns and his fiancee from the airport last night, only to find out their flight was delayed.  Not too uncommon for the holidays, right? 
Except, his flight was delayed b/c of a hole in the plane that caused the cabin to depressurize at 30,000 feet.  Thankfully my friends, [...]

Won’t someone please think of the pterodactyls?!

From Saturday’s L.A. Times comes news that creationists are buying up the old roadside dinosaurs and turning them into intelligent design adverts–most recently the 45-foot tall apatosaurus and his buddy T-rex that call Cabazon home:
The Cabazon Dinosaurs join at least half a dozen other roadside
attractions nationwide that use the giant reptiles’ popularity in
seeking to win [...]