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  Another Roadside Monstrosity

  04.29.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Another Roadside Monstrosity

  Attribution: Ray Lodwig Well, Ohio has Big Butter Jesus and Texas has the hemisphere’s second largest cross. What’s Indiana got? Apparently something smaller than the second largest cross and less creative than Big Butter Jesus, a big concrete cross, but not big enough to unseat Texas. Why bother to build a big-ass cross when it’s […]

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  Outlaw Truck Nutz?

  04.27.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  My Truck Nutz You’ve got to be kidding, right? Which law maker would take time from their busy day and the real problems of the country to propose a bill to outlaw these harmless (and tasteless) decorations? Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the […]

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  The White Swan

  03.27.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The White Swan

  Exterior of the White Swan Established in 1778, the Weisser Schwan (White Swan) restaurant has been a fixture in the Zentrum of Heidelberg for some time. During my visits to this charming city, I’ve had a chance to sample quite a few different restaurants and this one is a favorite. It’s nice and inviting, the […]

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  Make Flying a Breeze

  03.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Make Flying a Breeze

  I’ve found it! Nirvana! Sunday I showed up a little less than an hour before an international flight at SFO. I should have been worried, right? Wrong! First off, the United web check-in program is brilliant. As mentioned in a prior entry, Fly Clear is also brilliant. The combination of the two programs? Priceless. I […]

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  Close Approach

  03.21.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Close Approach

  Photo Credit: Unknown Don’t know the particulars of when this photo was taken, but that is one close approach. Notice the scooter rider ducking and from this angle, that Mini seems to be in great peril. Here’s a link to other photos of this airplane. This supports what’s always said about flying: it is an […]

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