At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

In a few hours, actually. My plane leaves DCA at 6 effin’ am. Layover in Houston, and then I should arrive in Palm Springs a little after 11am. I will probably have a lot to write about when I return on Monday, and maybe even some photos. You know how much I love to take [...]

Yeah, that’s right. This bloated website, which is like an SUV on the information superhighway due to my habit of uploading ungodly amounts of images, is officially “carbon neutral.” Apparently, Dreamhost, the wonderful SoCal based company that hosts this website, is now purchasing offsets for the 2725 tons of CO2 they emit every year. This [...]

Oh, Boris Nikolayevich, it seems as if your excessive vodka consumption and mad dancing skills have finally caught up with you. I wish I could write a thoughtful ode to your long and glorious career as Russia’s first democratically elected president, but unfortunately your shining moment atop that tank on a warm day in August [...]

Apparently, Climate Change is to Gen Y what nuclear war was to the Cold War kids (and no, I’m not referring to the band) back in the 50s and 60s. So says the Washington Post in a recent article, “Climate Change Scenarios Scare, and Motivate, Kids.” Parents say they’re searching for “productive” outlets for their [...]

Just booked my ticket to Ukraine and Poland. Yes, I am once again vacationing in the former Communist Bloc. Does that really surprise you? I swear, one of these days I will make it to Asia or South America. On July 1 I’m meeting up with Ryan, a friend I’ve known since high school, who [...]

It’s yet another rainy and cold day here in our nation’s capital, which translates into canceled Wiffleball games, copious amounts of green tea, avoiding the torrential downpour and flooding streets, and, god help me, watching Billy Joel music videos on YouTube. You’re soooo hardcore, Billy This all started when, out of pure boredom, Mike and [...]

This was in my mailbox when I got home: If the lease on my apartment says no dogs or cats, does that mean I could have a pet polar bear, seeing as the polar bear is neither a cat nor dog? I could buy it one of those plastic kiddie pools and fill it with [...]

I know I have been terribly lazy about updating this thing. It’s just that there is really nothing to write about. It is amazing how monotonous life has become since moving back to DC. For five days a week, you wake up, go to work, go to sleep, and then have a weekend. And this [...]

Just got this in the mail today from the Feed Store. A little history.

This is due to about 75% of my own stupidity, but to make a long story short, I managed to have a run in with a random fencepost and construction rubble while trying to get out of my tight parking spot in the back of my house. Yeah, sucks. Got out of my car and [...]