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Archive for March, 2011

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When I’m back in my hometown crashing on couches hiding from the snow getting blunted, it’s hard to be like “creative guy” and “write”.  Especially when you’re trying to GTM.  Get the money. Getting the money is a lot different when you’re doing it yourself, it doesn’t just come on autopilot.  I have this analogy [...]

Categories: Travel Stories
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I miss Lloyd.  I miss Lloyd and his mullet and Jack Daniels belt buckle.  We used to live a simple life, he was just a drywaller, driving us up to a lake in the Rocky Mountains for the summer, plugging in, having running water.  My insides were filled with a clock that reads “A Friend [...]

Categories: Mapped, Travel Stories
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After hearing that there’s really nothing to do in Lake Havasu City except drink at karaoke or look at the actual original London Bridge they shipped in from London, I decided one afternoon was enough so I may as well stop at the brewery on the way through as I had originally planned. To hear [...]

Categories: Food and Drink, Mapped
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The darling of 90’s alternative, Beck has always had an obvious weird streak (I’m talking musically, not just because he’s a Scientologist).  Before Loser catapulted him to superstardom, his earlier work can best be described as backcountry grunge blues with heavy doses of pure noise.  Watching him harness his creative powers into more listenable avenues [...]

Categories: Music
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Nothing’s more American than NASCAR, beer and hot dogs.  Rolling into Phoenix for the Subway Fresh Fit 500, I met up with one of my many connects across the country and managed to snag a $400 all access pit hot pass.  So as you can see from the gallery, I was able to get up [...]

Categories: Mapped, Photography

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This site is the story of a man (Blimpy Backgammon) from Calgary AB, Canada who made the electrifying realization that there’s more to life than working for the man or owning a condo.

So he quit his job, sold all his stuff, bought an RV (Bessie) the same age as him (27) and can now go anywhere and do anything, whenever he wants.

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