L.A. trip this weekend

Heading down to see Wess, Emily, and their new little one this weekend. I’m actually looking forward to the trip back, especially with the motorcycle… View Larger Map

Saving the world (or not), one car at a time

Well, it looks like we’ll be getting a car. I think somewhere in my mind I’ve worn the “I don’t have a car, and I’m saving the planet” badge and now I have to take it off. It seems to flow that environmentalism means not having a four-wheeled vehicle or else you’re contributing to the [...]

Quaker guilt?

I’ve been pondering this one for a while–is there such a thing? Somehow, I seem to also ascribe a “saving grace” to preserve my own desire for whatever I feel guilt about. If there were a list of things I feel guilt about include: Enjoying my motorcycle too much (guilt: gas/environmental impact/pollution; saving grace: smaller [...]

The “invisible third lane”

If you are considering road travel in Thailand, it pays to know about this. Consider it like “reading between the lines”–you don’t actually see the space between the yellow line down the center of the road, but it’s there, and Thais use it.  I don’t mean like, “oh, there’s a long straightaway and I’ll pass [...]

Crack in the neighborhood

I came down to the garage to hop on my motorbike yesterday and discovered the spark plug caps had been smashed off.  Now, I know this phenomenon exists in certain parts of the city where crack is notoriously smoked, as the ceramic insulators are used for smoking rock, but I live in an apartment complex [...]