Accidentally came across an airplane graveyard in the Mojave Desert.
PART 2: 2011 American Road Trip – St Louis to Las Vegas
Be sure to read Part 1 for a trip overview. Travel Dates: 4/15/11 through 4/18/11 A: Chesterfield MO – Home B: Wichita KS – Picked up Ian C: Denver CO – Motel 6 D: Las Vegas NV – Motel 6 1,700 miles Underneath all of this junk crammed into the
2011 American Road Trip – 9000 miles, 32 days, Coast to Coast
Because I took almost 3,000 pictures, I broke the trip into separate articles linked at the bottom. My dad was planning a vacation to New York and DC so he asked if I could watch his house and take care of his two border collies in late April/early May. He
Traveled Five Hours for One Sandwich
Frustrated with local choices for Italian beef, I boarded Amtrak at 4 AM and headed 300 miles north to Chicago.
Man with funny accent covers 200 countries in 4 minutes.
Hans Rosling, a world-renowned Swedish statistician, uses animated bubble charts to depict the growth, wealth, and health of world populations over the last two hundred years.
Disappearance of the Paperboy
Do you still receive a newspaper? If you do, and you’re up early enough to witness the delivery, you will find its no longer delivered by a child on a bicycle.
Saab Lives, For Now
A Lithuanian bank owned by Russian investor Vladimir Antonov intends to loan the Swedish automaker $48 million, enough to pay suppliers and continue production.
The Best (and Worst) of Cardomain
Cardomain is a shrine to Gen-Y narcissism with shiny colors, awful photos, and strange characters. Like Myspace, most profiles have been abandoned and forgotten as people moved to the suburbs (Facebook), leaving behind an embarrassing time capsule of online idiocy.
Weekly Wrap-Up – 9 April 2011
Saab needs CPR. Subaru needs caffeine. The corn lobby scores another victory.
Saab has “weeks” to live
Saab shuts down production as the automaker struggles with payments to suppliers and outside investment restrictions by the Swedish government.
Texas Allows 85 mph Speeds
The Texas House passed a bill that allows speed limits to be as high as 85 mph in certain areas. Texas is now the fastest state in the union. In the late 1990s, Montana earned the name “Montanabahn” after replacing daytime speed limits with a recommendation of “reasonable and prudent”,
Chevy Vegas packed nose-down in railroad cars for shipping
The Chevy Vega started a lasting trend at General Motors: Great ideas with poor execution. It did, at least, contribute one interesting piece of railroad history.
Will a Costco or Sam’s Club membership save you money on gas?
Is it worth the cost of joining a discount warehouse just to save on fuel?
