travel

Double Rainbow, Double Bird: All The Way

November 16, 2010

Forget that I just got married. What you should be focused on was the goddam miracle of mother nature which occured on the honeymoon in Cancun. I captured it, and it’s about to go viral (seriously though, I know people of the Tube, and this in a confirmed viral load). Unlike the original “double-rainbow,” mine [...]

Time Travel or Where I’ve Been for Two Weeks…

July 26, 2010

Want to know where why Modern Sophist has been so remiss lately. It has a little to do with real-life. If that doesn’t satisfy you, let me offer you this more ridiculous rationale.

Arts & Crafts Means Jewelery

April 3, 2010

My lady and I were walking around Embarcadero today in the Arts & Crafts. I used to be excited about arts and crafts when I was a little kid. I liked the idea of people making little, interesting things in their spare time. No more. Now, Arts & Crafts means jewelery. It seems like 90% [...]

How the ‘Red-Eye’ to Harlem Gave Me an STD – (audio) *Adult-Themes

March 26, 2010

I had taken a flight to Manhattan, the red-eye, and awoken with a mixture of horror and certainty that I had an STD.

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American Airlines’ New Charges

February 9, 2010

People are talking about getting great deals on flights, but what about the extra charges? Besides making coach customers pay $8 for blankets and a pillow as a method of offsetting rising fuel costs, here are a few other minor changes in American Airlines new Fee Schedule (all fake, per my fear of libel suit): [...]

A Brief Preview of Der Nederlands

January 2, 2010

I am in the Netherlands. Did I not mention that? Alas, I was busy packing and not learning any Dutch. I”ll have plenty to write about when I get back (Roughly the 11th, in case you were counting down), but meanwhile, here is a little preview of some things I’ve learned: The Dutch do not [...]

Mr. Wood Goes to Washington

October 20, 2009

So I’m headed to DC tomorrow morning for the rest of the week. I really believe in being a good citizen. Besides voting, keeping abreast of and an open mind about the issues, and maintaining an active conversation with my peers about those issues, I think travel is a big part of it. This isn’t, by [...]

How the ‘red eye’ to Harlem gave me an STD

September 3, 2009

(You can listen to this story in ModernPodcast) Seven hours after I boarded the red eye flight to New York, I was pretty sure I had an STD. Everything hurt; everything felt ‘heavy.’ Imagine weights between your legs, only, the weights are you. This must have been four or five years ago, when I was [...]