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I rarely speak to my neighbors on planes, because I don’t want to add to my feeling of being trapped. But, my neighbor on my flight from Abu Dhabi to Schipol spoke to me first. He asked if I spoke...
View ArticleState fun.
My summary of our trip to the Minnesota State Fair in pictures: I imagined this caption below this display in the Agriculture Barn; “That’s right little Timmy bear, if you don’t clean your room after...
View ArticleFlight Rules
I don’t remember sitting on my mother’s lap in my uncle’s Cessna the time I threw up all over everything as we were making a quick VFR descent through clouds, but everyone else in the family does. So...
View ArticleThe Simplicity of a Cheese Sandwich
Today for lunch, I ate a smashed cheese and honey-mustard sandwich. Unremarkable, except that it was at the top of Calabasas Peak, all 2160 feet of it, in the Santa Monica Mountains east of Malibu....
View ArticleGrrr
Last night, as I was wrapping a day on set, I took a tray of leftover craft services burritos home with me. I drove to downtown Santa Monica and walked around in the alleys looking for people to hand...
View ArticleCamper’s Couscous
This past weekend, I hiked Mt. San Antonio, (Mt. Baldy to the skiers), about an hour east of the sprawl of Los Angeles. It is one of the four mountains in the area above 10,000 feet elevation, making...
View ArticleAdventure Report: Museo Ducati, Bologna, Italy, March, 2013
I love me some Italian motorcycles. So much, that on my recent visit to Italy, I dragged a non-motorcycling friend with me from Rome all the way up to Bologna, to take the Ducati museum and factory...
View ArticleRide Report: Spring gear shakeout to Dana Point, California
Southern California has emerged from the inhospitable wintry days of sub-60 degree temperatures and into Spring, where sunny and 72 climes prevail. In our household, that means it is time to dust off...
View ArticleRide Report: Just one of those days…
Location: Venice, California, to Top of Topanga Overlook, Topanga, California and back Miles: 36 Duration: Two hours, including a stop for gas and a stop at the overlook Accommodations: None The only...
View Article[Updated!] What’s In Your First Aid Kit?
Update! After a lot of response on this post, I have added a few things to my basic kit below. Shoelaces, for a tourniquet, if necessary Mirror, mostly for vanity Super Glue, to get skin back together...
View ArticleThe 700-Calorie Snack
Hard-boiled egg and sea salt. A very simple (and cheap) snack. I have never, ever, eaten a hard-boiled egg by itself. It’s a behavior I’ve observed of others out of olfactory range in the work kitchen....
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