At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

I’ve got, like, a gazillion points and need to spend them, and would really like to join Phil on his trip out there: Dude, I’m just in the middle of planning a week trip to turkmenistan now… YEE-HAW. You should come along. Now if only I could rack up enough frequent flier miles to bring [...]

The Transportation Security Administration, everyone’s favorite government agency, recently launched their new blog, Evolution of Security. They even allow comments (albeit moderated) so I took advantage of this feature to pose a question related to a subject very near and dear to my heart: Still no reply from TSA. And why are they using Blogger? [...]

OK, so it’s $600, not $800. Still, the fiscally conservative, libertarian side of me thinks that, economic-wise, this is a stupid idea, but then the mid 20s living in a ridiculously expensive cesspool of a city side of me wants to know when the check will arrive in my mailbox. As it turns out, we [...]

We took an early morning whale watching tour on our last full day in Hawaii. I was skeptical that we would actually see whales, but in reality there were over 20+ sightings while we were on the boat. It was pretty cool, and I would definitely recommend it if you are ever on the Big [...]

Via Yahoo! (the company that will be laying off 5% or so of its workforce) comes this guide to “recession proof” jobs for 2008: A recession could hit some job-seekers hard. “A lot of people won’t have the luxury of going for their first choice in a down economy,” said Sophia Koropeckyj, an economist at [...]

The one that Treasury Secretary what’s-his-name is mailing to us. I know we’re supposed to be good Americans and spend the rebate on a consumption binge at our local big box store in order to prevent the impending economic meltdown, but personally I’m planning to deposit it in my high yield savings account. Not quite [...]

And honestly, my first reaction is “Meh.” BRING BACK RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE! This year’s headliners: Jack Johnson, Portishead, and Roger Waters. I listen to Jack Johnson occasionally, like when I want to pretend I’m at the beach instead of this cesspool city, but there is no reason he should be headlining. Portishead…zzz. And Roger [...]

There was a preview for the History Channel’s “Life After People” while we were waiting for Charlie Wilson’s War to start (entertaining enough movie, but seriously, read the book), and I instantly recognized one of the featured locations (“Dude, that’s where we went in July.”). Supposedly, the show focuses on what happens to our infrastructure [...]

No, not regarding the recent primary results. More like four years ago. I wrote a few blog entries while I was working in New Hampshire in 2004, but a recent “Can you believe it’s been four years already?” e-mail from a fellow campaign intern started me on this. I don’t have a candidate for this [...]

New California ad: Rob Lowe in California t-shirt = hot. I always wondered what he was doing after The West Wing ended. Related: U.S. Cities Put on the Charm for Foreign Tourists