Total Miles: 14,795
Days on the Road: 311
Finally, someone wrote to us and accused us of being horrible people. Anthony replied, and a series of hilarious judgements and insults followed. Presented for your amusement, The Jerk Files.
1. Keeping track of the miles we drive.
2. Keeping track of anything else, really.
3. Eating factory-farmed meat, if we can help it.
4. Listening to Hotel California.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003 - Day 311 |
Misery. The Shining. Alive. Insomnia. A disturbingly high number of movies about someone going mad and hacking up another person are set in a remote place surrounded by snow. We've been captive in a one-bedroom...
Wait a minute. I think that this exact thing happened to me, just last year. In fact, I wrote that exact same first paragraph on this page on February 17, 2003 -- the 18th day of our "travels-in-van", a common pronunciation of our URL among the older-than-50 set.
If you, too, experienced dèjá vu while reading that first paragraph, it's a pretty good indication that you've been reading this website for nearly one year and, for that, we owe you a pint of Guinness.
The dèjá vu continues. Just like last February, we are again in Baltimore (this time in December), embedded at Anthony's parents' house under a heavy cover of snow. Did we really travel nearly 17,000 miles during the last 11 months just to return to where we started? Or has this whole "trip" been some sort of Truman Show/Groundhog's Day hoopla staged from a house in Owings Mills, Maryland?
Confused? Let's compare notes:
| Date | February, 2003 | December, 2003 |
| Location | Owings Mills, MD | Owings Mills, MD |
| Why? | Dealing with our stuff in storage | Dealing with our stuff in storage |
| Company | Anthony's parents Anthony, Liz | Anthony's parents, Anthony, Liz |
| Surrounded By | Snow, Trees, Cul-de-sac | Snow, Trees, Cul-de-sac |
| Forecast | More Snow | More Snow |
| Dinner Last Night | Jamaican Shrimp w/ Rice | Jamaican Shrimp w/ Rice |
| Currently Sipping | Eggnog | Eggnog |
Still confused? Perhaps this short movie we made in February (or December?) will reveal the truth.
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