At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

Despite living on the east coast for eight years, I’ve never been to Philadelphia, so I decided to drive up there this past weekend and visit Moira, one of my friends from LSE. The first thing we did was eat a cheesesteak from Dalessandro’s. I forgot to take a picture of it, but it was [...]

finally going to see harry potter # the size of movie concessions these days is kinda insane. a large popcorn is like equivalent to an oil barrel. # writer's block like whoa # Never try and outsmart the DC metro. This isn't the Tube…you'll ALWAYS fail # Why does every tourist in DC wear an [...]

Outside studying Russian…movie and Mex food later # Wait, WTF, Lance Armstrong is riding for Kazakhstan?!?! # Summertime and the livin's easy # I have a rare talent of getting lost with gps in hand # Suluguni acquired from Russian gourmet…gonna learn how to make khachapuri today # Powered by Twitter Tools.

The Arirang Mass Games are a go: North Korea will stage its Arirang mass games from August, its state media said on Thursday, likely opening an avenue for foreign tourists and currency to flow into the state hit by U.N. sanctions for its May nuclear test. Arirang, named after a Korean folk song, is the [...]

At bull run shooting center…car here has an "I love palin" sticker…lolz # @laurmkor thanks, I'll put it right next to my Dick Cheney shrine! in reply to laurmkor # shoulder is killing me…must purchase recoil pad # I am ready to retire # I truly loathe CNN # I don't know about you, but [...]

The background music reminds me of something from a 1980s Nintendo game. North Korea’s latest launch is not missiles, but a TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer. In a rare nod to commercial motives in the resolutely communist nation, the TV advert features a thirsty worker holding a mug of frothy beer. Young women [...]

I ditched Movable Type and am now using WordPress for this blog. I wish I had switched sooner, as WP is a million times better than MT. The installation was incredibly easy and the wide variety of WP plug-ins have simplified many tasks that were a major pain in the ass with MT. I just [...]

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