At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Hmmmm: Though the North Korean government hasn’t officially announced it, it looks like the country will hold its renowned Mass Games from August through October this year, opening a window for American tourists to travel to the otherwise closed nation. The Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which handles travel for about half of all Westerners who visit [...]

Via Paul Krugman: …the rhetorical response of conservatives to the stimulus plan — which will, it’s worth bearing in mind, cost substantially less than either the Bush administration’s $2 trillion in tax cuts or the $1 trillion and counting spent in Iraq — has bordered on the deranged. It’s “generational theft,” said Senator John McCain, [...]

Chocolate covered pork? Sounds pretty freakin’ amazing if you ask me.

Dudes, I’ve got a serious case of wanderlust right now. As such, I’ve spent way too much time researching possible travel destinations. I’d love to go to Turkmenistan…maybe in 2010. According to the WSJ, Turkmenistan is becoming more “tourist friendly”: Since Mr. Niyazov died in 2006, the country has tentatively begun to open up. Regular [...]

A man who drove up to the U.S. Capitol complex and told police he had a delivery for President Barack Obama was arrested by police after telling them he had a rifle in his truck, police said on Tuesday. The man “told officers that he had a delivery for President Obama so the officers began [...]

Hilarious. Thanks to Ryan for sending me this button. Aspiring Daniel Plainviews can order them from democraticstuff.com.

One of their pilots is drunk and the passengers demand that he be removed before the plane leaves Moscow for New York. Aeroflot’s response? At the same time, an Aeroflot representative sought to assure them that “it’s not such a big deal if the pilot is drunk.” “Really, all he has to do is press [...]

“The infamous cone was released back into its natural habitat after ten years of captivity. Yes we are that old.” – Kat I can hardly believe it myself. It’s been almost ten years since we graduated from high school. Ten years since we “acquired” several orange traffic cones. Godspeed, orange traffic cone. Enjoy your freedom.