Month April 2008

We did over 500 miles on Monday, driving through Illinois, Iowa, then part of Nebraska. Iowa gets a special mention because their rest stops on I-80 have free wi-fi! We stayed at a rather bizarre Ramada Inn in Kearny NE.…

Bob called me this morning.  He hasn’t had access to his blog because he’s on the road to San Francisco.  Last night, he stayed at a motel in Nebraska that offered free high speed internet.  It may have been free,…

Doing their classic “TV Eye,” made even better by the utterly clueless announcer.

A strike over vanishing pensions brought upon by massive corporate debt has shut down most of the North Sea oil pipeline. This a symptom of the Anglo Disease, ie the wholesale domination of our economies by reckless financial capitalism: On…

Doing “Kick Out the Jams”