At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

And finally, continuing part whatever of our trip to the South Caucasus…which took place in July… It was our last day in Baku, but our plane wasn’t leaving until the afternoon so we had some time to kill. The day before, we found a travel agency that offered a tour of sights outside the city, [...]

Got back from Carmel last night. Overall, it was a great trip. I haven’t been to that area of California since I was in high school, when my mom dragged me on a “You don’t really want to go to college on the East Coast when we have all these great schools in California” tour [...]

I’m feelin’ it. You feelin’ it? Way to go, Dems. I’m ecstatic about the results. Goodbye Rick Santorum, George Allen, Conrad Burns, KittyKat Harris, and the multitude of GOP losers who were shown the door by the American public. Goodbye to their staff members, now unemployed, some (hopefully most) of whom will be leaving DC. [...]

Today is election day, so I hope everyone will be heading to the polls. Although I reside in DC, there is nothing of substance to vote for here, so I continue to vote in California via absentee ballot. Most of the people I voted for were Dems, but there were a few Republicans and even [...]

…waiting an hour and a half at the DC DMV …and then watching a DMV clerk shred your California driver’s license into tiny little pieces …and then seeing the photo on your brand new DC driver’s license