Part of my list of Life Goals is to travel the world extensively, visiting as many places as I can. The map and checklist below show which countries I’ve already visited and where I have left to go. The hover-over dates indicate the year of my first visit to that country, when known. Darker countries [...]
Say “You know, you sure ask a lot of nosy questions for a rent-a-cop.”
When asked if you have anything to declare, say “Yeah, my wife talks too much!”
When asked the purpose of your visit, reply “I’m running from the law.”
Tell the patrol official, “Please hurry the fûçk up!”
Pull out a passport randomly from a large [...]
Travel
Visit all the states in the United States (view progress)
Visit all the countries in the world (view progress)
Drive across the United States from coast to coast
Experience New Years’ Eve in Times Square Stay overnight in an ice hotel
Stay overnight in a lighthouse Stay overnight in a castle in Great Britain
Ride a Harley or drive a [...]
I’m paranoid when it comes to the Internet: email, surfing, downloads, shareware, everything. And I’m not exactly a newbie when it comes to anything computer related. Last night I scanned my system with LavaSoft’s Ad-Aware and discovered ClickSpring’s MediaTicketsInstaller lurking on my computer, proof that even I can get viruses and spyware on my home [...]
The last half-week of the vacation was filled with hanging out by the pool, multiple visits to the nearby Blue Ridge Pottery studios, and shopping at the local merchants and the Dayton Farmers’ Market. The final full day consisted of a trip back to the DC area to visit Arlington National Cemetery and the FDR [...]
The morning was spent at Luray Zoo, a tiny zoo stocked with both handbred and rescued animals that was been featured on multiple wildlife shows, even visited by Steve Irwin the Crocodile Hunter when he needed to borrow some snakes for one of his locally produced shows.
The curators, husband and wife Mark and Jennifer, have [...]
This was a fun confluence to visit, one of the world’s most popular, I believe! I hadn’t planned on visiting the confluence today, so I hadn’t planned the best route either. I wandered around the general area until I stumbled upon DeLaveaga Park. I parked and walked a trail east. At one point I was [...]
On January 22, I found myself within a mile of the Concord degree confluence as I headed back to San Jose from an appointment east of Concord, not realizing earlier in the morning that I had come so close to the confluence even though I had driven along the same stretch of highway, just in [...]
