Category Archives: USA 2008

One-Hundred Eight

That, my friends, was the very definition of a romp. Up yours Cinderella. While you were talking to that goddamned mouse the ugly stepsister ran off with the prince. Hope you like mucking out the stables and marrying the local … Continue reading

Posted in On the Road Again, USA 2008 | Leave a comment

One-Hundred Seven

. . . therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. — John Donne Up yours Tampa Bay! I hope the sound of the Liberty Bell ringing in the Home Runs gives you a … Continue reading

Posted in On the Road Again, USA 2008 | Leave a comment

One-Hundred Six

One-hundred six days out I have finally come to the beginning of my adventure. Some years ago I read a Stephen Ambrose book called Nothing Like It in the World – The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. In the … Continue reading

Posted in On the Road Again, USA 2008 | Leave a comment

One-Hundred Four

I sat in Santa Cruz and watched the Philadelphia Phillies win Game One of the World Series. That’s something I would not have expected to write in my life. I kind of feel the same way I did when I … Continue reading

Posted in On the Road Again, The Baseball Gods, USA 2008 | Leave a comment

One-Hundred

Here I sit in Santa Monica, two miles from the beach, in a motel room eating noodles off a knife for lack of a fork, making meatloaf sandwiches and drinking Sammy while huddled over my laptop eyes glued to ESPN … Continue reading

Posted in On the Road Again, USA 2008 | Leave a comment