Category: vacations
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A Quantification of the Day Before, the Day After, and New Year’s Eve
Number of Theme Parks visited: 3Total theme park hours clocked: 31.5Total different number of rides ridden: 21Total number of actual rides: 33 Oldest ride ridden: technically, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, which debuted on July 18, 1955 as the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride. Most ridden ride: Apocalypse, Six Flags (6 rides)Most rides in one…
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Notes toward an Autobiography
I have developed a new obsessive-compulsive behavior. Before I can read a magazine, I go through and remove all the blow-in subscription cards. After that, I go from cover to cover and tear out any advertising (or advertorial) printed on stock heavier than the rest of the magazine, typically cologne/perfume samples and tobacco ads (I’m…
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Cue the dueling banjos
Our GPS device is like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. First, you should know that she gives directions in a British accent. I’m totally serious. She sounds a little bit like Helen Mirren, if Helen Mirren were giving you driving directions while being AutoTuned. Her crisp diction and cold demeanor keep our driving focus…
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Decatur Book Festival
Beau and I got back late yesterday afternoon from our long, lovely holiday weekend in Decatur, where I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Decatur Book Festival. My visit was sponsored by the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, a fabulous event in its own right. AQLF is having a fundraiser on Sept 10…
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Boomerang
All said and done, I put 2484 miles on the ol’ Scion. Yeesh–halfway to another oil change. Lame! This weekend, Beau and I are driving down to Atlanta for the Decatur Book Festival, where I’m giving a reading. I’ll also be appearing with Rigoberto Gonzáles and David Groff at Outwrite Books and at Java Monkey…
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Have Scion, Will Travel
I’m smack in the middle of a long roadtrip. This week I’m visiting family in Detroit and in a few days I’ll be back in DC. So far, I’ve put 1700 miles on my car. That’s almost as far as it was when I moved from Phoenix to DC. Beau and I drove overnight from…
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