Hi! The moto and I are still in Santa Fe, and things are still going pretty swimmingly so unfortunately there'll be very little funny herein. I'm remiss in naming the moto, and any suggestions will be tolerated if not welcomed or used. I asked my 8th Graders to name it, back in March when I brought it home. (She's a girl moto, but I can't go there with the correct pronoun, usually. Too close to home, because I love her so much and I don't want anybody to envision any unnatural acts despite what the police report said.) One of the 8th Graders had a great idea for a name: "Seveera." I liked that one, because the moto is kind of mean and severe looking but it didn't take for some reason. Another 8th Grader came ... read more

I got as far as Clovis, N.M., tonight and I got really sleepy and cold. So I've stopped at a motel. Not just any motel though; I lucked into La Vista! In English, this quaint family-run inn's name translates to "The Vista." Those hucksters in Lubbock could take a lesson or two in value from the La Vista. This is what a seedy crap-shack should be, and for the affordable sum of $29.99 I've finally got a room to match the town it calls home. The La Vista comes equipped with non-locking windows, numerous entertaining mystery stains, in-room tetanus, and in a nod to "New Mexican Style," soothing earth-toned tap water. This will have to be a brief message; the bedbugs and I have an early day tomorrow. Thank you for reading. ... read more

Heh. Hrmm. Well this morning's launch has been pushed due to an upper-atmosphere disturbance over Greenland and ongoing sleepiness. Couldn't sleep last night; finally drifted off at 2:00a. Woke up at 5:30a as planned, surveyed the 10,000 little odds and ends I cleverly left for last and, echoing the brave wisdom of Merriwether Lewis, I made the call: Eff it, I'm'a take a nap and leave tomorrow. Listen haters, being an Intrepid Explorer is as much about naps and needing to finish off the yogurt and Flamin' Hot Jalapeno Cheetos as it is about forging a path to the wild Pacific, okay? You'd know that if you were an Intrepid Explorer like me. Brb, gonna Intrepidly Explore the refrigerator and some Simpsons DVDs for a while. Thank you for reading.... read more