At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Ah yes, of course. I leave Columbia Heights and a “British” pub that sells Strongbow on draft opens a few blocks from my former house. Nevertheless, still happy as hell to be out of that neighborhood. But if you do live there and enjoy Strongbow you can order it by the US or UK pint [...]

We took Tucker to Lake Frank yesterday. He enjoyed chasing after sticks and doing other dog things. He would only go a few feet into the lake. When the stick we threw in the water was too far out for his liking, he would bark at it in the hopes that it would come closer [...]

Iraq is officially welcoming tourists: Well, here she was in the lobby of a Baghdad hotel, ending a 17-day tour around one of the world’s ultimate danger destinations. “It had always been on my list,” said Ms. Gilbert, wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a cartoon cat and the phrase “Life Is Good.” “If it opened [...]

Because I obviously have way too much time on my hands, I was perusing my investment portfolio so I could see which companies are receiving a portion of my paycheck and will be sooooo successful that I can someday retire (yeah, right). Anyways, listed right above OAO Gazprom (YES!!!!) was the North Korea Debt Corporation. [...]

I made a bunch of new banners because I’ve had the same ones for, like, two years or something. They’ll show up eventually, you’ll just have to keep refreshing or whatev.

I would probably say “dude” more often, though. Via “Hark, a Vagrant!” by K. Beaton.

Paradise? To a first-time visitor, North Korea seemed to be providing its people the basic necessities of life. But there was little sign of opulence and I never saw anyone cutting loose and having a really good time. Even on the May Day holiday, people seemed to be working – as actors, posing as merrymakers [...]

The Black Angus Steakhouse in Rancho Mirage is closing. Not that I’m really torn up about it, as I have not been there in probably ten years or so, but we used to go there a lot when I was a kid. I think my grandma really liked that place. Anyways, during one of our [...]

In an effort to improve my Russian (aka no longer sound like an illiterate peasant) I have signed up for yet another Russian class. The last time I took a formal Russian class was in 2005 while at the LSE. Since then, I have basically forgotten everything, except how to order borscht and tell the [...]

I have never been on a cruise and I have absolutely no desire to go on one. I imagine a huge boat filled with drunk people gorging themselves on boring food, playing slot machines, laying by a pool, and occasionally getting off the boat to visit random bars in some port city. Aside from the [...]