Saw an amazing sight as we flew in over western Broward this morning before dawn. The whole dark-yellow expanse glittered with the strobes of hundreds of school buses, picking up children for the first day of school.
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Drinking in a Land of Temperance
I had a fine time in Salt Lake City. I stopped for lunch at The Bayou, a Cajun-food restaurant whose modus operandi is to serve beer, lots of very strong, very unique beer, to a city that’s strangled by complicated and draconian liquor-sales laws. In fact, as I enjoyed a 9% ABV local beer (I [...]
Posted by Stefan on September 5, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/09/05/727/
On Corrals: Horses, Cows, and Toxic Waste
I. Horses While driving near Burns, Oregon on Highway 20 I passed the Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse corrals, where they keep all the wild horses that they round up from the vast surrounding rangeland. Some of the horses are allowed to stay in designated areas, but numbers are tightly controlled. The corral facility [...]
Posted by Stefan on September 5, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/09/05/on-corrals-horses-cows-and-toxic-waste/
Q: How Fast Does a Freight Train Go Once it Leaves the City?
A: Pretty fast.
Posted by Stefan on September 2, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/09/02/q-how-fast-does-a-freight-train-go-once-it-leaves-the-city/
Saying Goodbye to Oregon
Posted by Stefan on September 2, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/09/02/saying-goodbye-to-oregon/
In Which Entering the Rain Shadow of the Cascades and Entering Central Oregon Compels Me to Record Video While Driving
View Larger Map I got a late start around 5 pm on Tuesday, and I was already on Route 26 (Powell Blvd.) so I took that up into the Cascades and the rain, winding through tall trees at the base of Mount Hood. I didn’t feel like I had reached escape-Portland velocity until I emerged [...]
Posted by Stefan on September 2, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/09/02/crossing-the-cascades/
Driving Across the Country
I’ve mapped out a tentative route for my trip from Portland to the East Coast. Of course, I’ll be contacting editors for job offers along the way, so I may never actually get to my hometown of Lambertville, New Jersey… but this is the plan so far. View Directions to lambertville, nj in a larger [...]
Posted by Stefan on August 22, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/08/22/driving-across-the-country/
Swedish Specialties
I just posted this over on Blogtown in response to a post about IKEA (a negative one, if you can believe it)… but it’s too informative not to share here as well. Prawn cheese spread—or räkost—is one of my favorite Swedish food novelties. Walk into any Swedish supermarket, in fact, and you’ll find an entire [...]
Posted by Stefan on August 19, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/08/19/swedish-specialties/
Moving Out
Originally posted on July 26, then removed so as not to alienate potential sources during my final weeks of employ at the Mercury. Reposted August 12. I decided today to finalize my plans somewhat: I’m moving out of my apartment on August 31. It’s too big for me, really, and I’m tired of living on [...]
Posted by Stefan on July 26, 2010
http://kam.ph/2010/07/26/moving-out/