What I'm Really Learning From College

Hey all, as you can see, we made it back from the trip in mostly one piece - minus one destroyed tent and plus one speeding ticket for Tingley. I wrote a little blurb for U Weekly about the trip that came out today, so grab a copy of that (me and my buddy Colin account for 50% of the staff's stories, haha). For the non-Columbus folks, or my really, really, lazy friends (you know who you are girls), here's a link.

Just as I foresaw many years ago, someone is finally paying me to live my life exactly as I normally do, and tell them about it - what a sweet gig.

Also, while I'm shamelessly patting myself on the back, if you are looking to read more stuff I have written with more of a newsy slant, check out my column on Newsvine. The most recent one of my long standing hatred of Wal-Mart touched off an unexpected heated debate.

Ok, I'm off my high horse now, I gotta get back to work.

Hey all, just got to Houston, Texas, at Marilena's school place here - we're going to go out to see the nightlife here in a little bit. Today we left Texana State Park and went over to Gavelston Bay, walked around the Kemba (sp?) Boardwalk, which was fun. Tomorrow we will have lunch here and then leave for Rayville, Louisiana, where Latimer's grandma lives. We'll spend the night there then head for Nashville, Tennessee, see a show or something there, get a hotel, and head for home the next day - we should be home by 3.30pm on Saturday. That's all for now, I might post some pictures after we get home, but not right now. Later all.

Hey everyone, greetings from my friend Marilena's place in Austin, Texas. We're a day ahead of schedule and off to see the Alamo and Padre Island later today. Last night I drove through some pretty heavy rain in Dallas, but it's all good now.

Anyway, here's some picures from the first day of the trip. While in St. Louis we:

• Ate at our first Sonic (it was delicious)
• Went to the Great Arch
• Toured the Budweiser Brewery
• Got mildly lost

I'm off to shower and shave - see ya later!

Have your Ft. Lauderdale, keep your Cancun, and save Panama for another day - I'm doing something more interesting this Spring Break - The Great American Road Trip.

Tingley, Jackie, and I will be leaving Columbus in scarce over an hour from now to make our journey to Padre Island, TX. On the way we will see numerous springs, beautiful forest, America's roads, and the inside of an Anheuser-Busch brewery - not bad for the first day.

By Saturday we will catch and pick up Latimer from Austin, TX and see the nightlife 6th Street has to offer. The next four days will be comprised of finding out whether things really are bigger and better in Texas, as we sit on the beach and sip oh so unholy drinks.

And hey, this is the 21st century, we ain't taking no damn AAA route to the southern part of America. I've got a state of the art GPS system hooked into my laptop which will be wired into Tingley's truck, accurately tracking our speed, location, bearing, and elevation from twelve satellites far above the earth. For a rough guess of where we are on certain days - check this out.

Jackie will be keeping an 'analog' journal of our trip in her notebook. However, not to be outdone, I will continue to make posts on this blog, despite the scarcity of internet access. How you ask? I have a phone number I can dial into and record a message that will automatically post on this page. Hey I told you this was the freakin' 21st century, screw paper.

Enjoy your time away from school everyone - I'll meet you in St. Louis.