As hoped, I made my return to Austin before midnight sunday night; it was 11pm exact when I cruised into my apartment’s lot. I made decent time on the drive: 6 hours, 24 minutes. In the past, that would have normally been six hours flat; now that I had a speeding ticket, I’m paying a …
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Riding Solo In Texarkana
Our Traveller writes from the road: Thursday, 11/25/04 Thanksgiving Day So, in a nutshell, I’ve been in Texarkana for a day. I arrived around 6pm wednesday after driving for 6 1/2 hours. Traffic was fair, but the wind was rough; my car was being thrown around until I was almost to Henderson, TX, which is …
Notes from Denny’s #6656
Transcribed from an offline journal entry written on Sunday, July 4th: I do hate coming home for the weekend. Same story. I get stuck in the house, for usually no good reason, and then go out a bit late in the day to plan something usefull. I dunno. I’m currently sitting at Denny’s waiting on …
On the Road: AUS2TXK 2004/07
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Shawn Thomas (Nasdaq ticker: SHAT), the cult of personality that brought you Miniflims(tm) and “Johnny the Original Greek”, and innovator in computer advertising with the “Your Mother Loves my Wang!” campaign, announced today his intent to relocate business operations to the city of Texarkana, Arkansas for the weekend of the Fourth of …
Haplessly Travelled, Unhappily Tired
Day 0 The trip home to Texarkana started later than expected; I couldn’t leave town until 9pm. Something about packing up, getting showered, taking care of my car, things like that. I load up, gas up, hook up my laptop to my car stereo as an MP3 jukebox, and I hit the road, still tired …