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Midwest Weekend

In case you hadn’t noticed, I kind of took the weekend off from blogging. That’s not to say I didn’t take the weekend off—at least not the entire weekend.

Friday I got to be present at one of America’s traditional rights of passage: a sixteen year old getting his drivers license. It was, oddly, anti-climatic.

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Candace Gingrich

Tonight I headed to campus to see a famous person: Candace Gingrich.

Ms. Gingrich, brother of Newt, was in town to promote supporting the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act (S. 1105). The bill, recently passed by the house, is headed to the Senate and this event was designed to encourage citizen support, in the form […]

Miss Monroe County Fair 2006

Introducing the contestants…

Originally uploaded by elmada.

Last night I went to the Monroe County Fair where I knocked one of the more important things off of my US-to-do list, but more on that later.

The purpose of our trip (I went with Mateo and another guy) was to see the 2006 Monroe […]

Hoosier Trip Summary

Road Warning

Originally uploaded by elmada.

So, I never really talked that much about my trip to Bloomington. The first two nights I was really busy, and the last night I was ill, then on the way back on the plane, the screw came out of my glasses and I wasn’t able to […]

Lederer

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About Booze

This is the t-shirt that I almost wasn’t allowed to purchase at Abercrombie and Fitch. There’s no alcohol theme here, is there?

Jena, 01/07/05, 06:30

Something to consider

(The image here was deleted during a system upgrade. My apologies)

Heck, it might come true!

Recent Photos

The Smart Car!

This is the Smart Car that my sister and I rented for two days and 200 kilometers. You can read about when I rented the SmartCar, or its fuel efficency.

Other Photos

My sister and I bought one half dozen eggs, and to our amazement, all of the […]

Finnish Breakfast

In January I was informed by my TC (Traveling Companion) for the trip to Tallinn and Helsinki that she had already special ordered her favorite Finnish Breakfast. In fact, it was January 20th at 8:12pm that she informed me that I would be having rice bread for breakfast when in Finland.

Because this was so […]