Category Archives: Travel

My Work Here Is Done

Polar Bears, GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

In a world full of inequity, famine, and marauding rodents, nothing beats laffs. That’s why at a religious retreat this week (I know: UVG and…religion???) my personal best was getting 25 strangers to go Polar Bear in the Atlantic Ocean at 7 a.m., this via a multi-pronged strategy of advertising, freakanomics, extortion, bribery, lying, and begging.  Our paltry daily turnout early in the week had made it clear that the delicious treat of early ayem ocean dipping was going unnoticed, unused, and totally unappreciated.  No more!  My head of marketing and photography did most the work and I’ll take most of the credit. What matters is: everyone was practically drowning from the laffs. Practically.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

YOUR PURSE STRAP MAKES A NICE SEAT BELT FOR PETER.

For a Happy Easter post, I was trying to recall what rabbit photos I had on hand.

Then I remembered the first time I drove cross-country. If you drive cross-country alone in a car with 180,000 miles on it, no cell phone and no weapon, you sure as hell better have Peter Cottontail with you.

And trust me, by Wyoming he’ll be talking back.

But if they have Starbucks there, I’m not really interested

Image credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

When life on Earth has gotten to be too much, it’s time to head to another planet.

Catch you on Kepler-22b. I’ll be in a booth in the back.