The one where I should date more beauty queens

My trip probably gave me a better sense for the geography of the world than the average American. Here, as pointed out by a Freakonomist, is an average American.




Anyway, I've made at least a little bit of progress.

• I helped Dave make a turducken (chicken in a duck in a turkey) and a turcordon bleu (ham and cheese in a Cornish game hen in a turkey).
• I met Peter. He looks like his brother.
• I ran 60s and 90s. (This week is 50-50-60-60-70-70-80-80-90-90-100-100, rest, 100-100-90-90-80-80-70-70-60-60-50-50.)
• I've done some car research...maybe a '94 Plymouth Colt wagon!
• I'm probably gonna to buy a laptop tomorrow so I'll be able to do work without being stranded sitting on my floor in the corner, which will hopefully motivate me to do more work.
• I'm gonna devote 2 hours a day to stuff around the house.
• I'm gonna start yet another new blog. It'll be just for me for a couple of weeks. Then, if I'm happy with where it's going, I'll open 'er up. Tentative name is Math in the Media, but that's the name of an existing column so I might have to think of a better one.
• I made my first Tom Yum Gai. It was okay, and will be better next time.

chao,
sg

The one where I am like Costello

I'm a b-a-a-a-d boy. And, like Chuck Berry and MC5, I'm back in the USA.

Hey, I'm home! I just neglected to tell you that...

I'll write lots more about the trip (and more) in the near future. In the meantime, in no particular order (well, a particular order, just not the one in which I'll do the stuff), here's some of the stuff on my to-do list:

• buy a car
• buy a mounting bracket for my bike lock
• calculate some travel statistics
• create a map of the places I've been
• decide how to support myself
• emails to people I knew before
• emails to people I met
• frame some pictures and posters
• gather the stuff people brought home from Australia for me
• get a cat
• get Colleen to make me dinnerware
• get estimates for a new bathroom
• give loads of stuff to Goodwill
• have a Welcome Home/Housewarming party
• help Dave and Charlie make a turducken
• learn to make tom yum, dolamades and more
• meet Allison Joy, Bart, Bella, Echo, Henry, Kristina Jr, Leo, Peter
• name my last ~500 pictures
• play for Surly
• replace the pot I ruined
• run a 60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90-60-90
• spend more time with 3 Ys
• tell you why you should never fly Olympic Airlines
• track down the $840 Olympic Airlines owes me
• work on my house
• write a resume
• write about Athens, Istanbul, Meteora, New York, Santorini

Sorry about the lack of entries, and thanks to those of you who prodded me to get moving. I'll keep working on this stuff, and if you wanna help, or want my help, or just wanna say hi, give me a call. We can hang out--I'm pretty much free any time!

ta,
sg