At Home In The Wasteland Travel Blog

This is for all the illiterate idiots (hello, Glenn Beck) who invoke the names Stalin, Hitler, Kim, and Mao when discussing Obama. Pick up a goddamn history book for once and realize what you are actually saying. From “A Trip to Chon Tash”: The crimes of the old regime were on exhibition to those swearing [...]

A few photos from Inauguration weekend (yes, I realize this was over a month ago). Most of these photos are actually from Annie and Cheryl. My mom and I with the Patino side of the family from LA. They were in town because Tom was doing some shots for Leno’s Tonight Show. We took a [...]

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.

That’s DC’s official headcount for Obama’s Inauguration. The full satellite photo is here. I’ll probably upload some photos this weekend.

Obama showing some Aloha spirit during the Inaugural Parade.

More on the Inauguration later…

Oh, man, that’s cool. Credit: Reuters In a departure from his healthy diet, Mr. Obama ordered a classic Ben’s half-smoke — a pork and beef sausage on a steamed hot dog bun, topped with mustard, onions and chili sauce — and a sweetened iced tea. Mr. Fenty chose the turkey dog, cheese fries and bottled [...]

Citing security concerns, two senators who sit on the Congressional committee in charge of inaugural ceremonies appealed on Tuesday to the mayor and city council of Washington, D.C., to reverse a decision to keep bars in the city open until 5 a.m. during inauguration week. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, the committee chairwoman, said she [...]

So get ready for this magic moment, ladies and gentlemen. With Obama’s swearing-in comes the first audacious act of his administration: Get the population equivalent of Los Angeles to stand on a geographical pinhead and then disappear into a subway tunnel.