At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Fewer than half of American teenagers who were asked basic questions about history and literature during a recent telephone survey knew when the Civil War was fought, and one-quarter thought that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World sometime after 1750, not in 1492. [...] In the survey, 1,200 17-year-olds were reached by telephone in [...]

An oilman searching for the perfect milkshake. Indeed, a man after my own heart. This skit from last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live (permanent link if above YouTube video doesn’t work) is actually quite funny, and Bill Hader makes a great Daniel Plainview. I suppose it helps if you’ve seen There Will Be Blood [...]

Depending on my GMAT score, this might be where I end up getting my MBA. And ya know, maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing. The In-N-Out University, according to the company’s website, is “where new managers are trained and the In-N-Out formula for success is consistently reinforced.” I snapped this photo while on [...]

Yep, it’s finally all gone. Figured I might as well get rid of it now rather than dealing with it later in the year. Now my belongings consist mainly of clothes, books, several bottles of vodka and Pimm’s, a bike, pair of hockey skates, sandwich maker, and In-N-Out mug. I kinda feel like a gypsy, [...]

Stealing a page from Ann’s new blog, I’m going to start posting random photos that I’ve taken over the years and write a short explanation about them. The photo might be of something historical or just plain ridiculous, but will usually be related to somewhere that I’ve traveled. I took this photo a few months [...]

I begrudgingly mailed off my tax paperwork yesterday, including a check made out to the District of Columbia for the amount that I “owe” them. I wanted to write something on the memo line to the effect of “This is the last you’ll ever get from me you thieving, bloodsucking bastards” but I didn’t have [...]

Because I think I’d be pretty good at this job: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today she will appoint a special envoy for energy issues to deal with the use of oil and gas for political means, particularly in Central Asia. “I do intend to appoint, and we are looking for, a special energy [...]

start to play the “Sex and the City” theme ringtone, I have a sudden urge to snatch their pink Motorola RAZR, throw it on the ground and repeatedly jump up and down on it. Yeah, it was a good show, but come on people, enough is enough.

Lunch, originally uploaded by lfincher. Would you have expected anything less?

Breakfast of champions, originally uploaded by lfincher. Nothing better than a caramel frappacino at 5am.