Disorderly Content

09:55	What a great phrase! "Aggressive young men with brains the size of sweetcorn." http://bit.ly/b5J3PS
13:02	Think our politics can't be taken seriously? We have nothing on the Icelanders. http://bit.ly/d6ooDh

12:40	Just finished a shoot with the adorable Jenny, who has a new tattoo. Taylor Swift lyrics of all things. The Beatles I could understand.
13:31	Now it makes sense: Sex and the City isn't bad dramedy; it's spectacular Sci-Fi! http://bit.ly/9dSq6Y
15:48	Watching S4 of Perry Mason. Just misread the episode's alliterative title as The Case of The Pickle Fortune. Like my idea better.
17:36	"You're so frigid, when you open your legs the light turns on." "Excuse me! I don't have any legs!" - Avenue Q http://bit.ly/9DWypy
17:39	RT @lomara: This tissue box makes me smile http://bit.ly/cXDA4o [*snort*]

06:17	@lomara You have an electric hand? I had no idea!
06:30	A morning thought: if torture works so well when the clock's ticking, how come nobody's suggesting we torture oil drilling experts?
06:39	@JustaSunGod PB? Peanut Butter? I'm suggesting torture as a way to clear their minds for better solutions to the leak, not as punishment.
07:04	@JustaSunGod Yeah, I know what seppuku is. I'm suggesting torture as a way to enhance creativity. Not seriously, of course.
07:13	I don't think they liked it. Highlights from reviews of Sex and the City 2. http://huff.to/bfOSNL
09:07	I got 2 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:15	RT @toywithme: Dear BP - stick a tampon in it!! [Is there no flow they can't handle?]
09:20	@CarolynCrane Thanks! That was a fun day. Drove by that park hundreds of times and never knew it was there.
09:46	@toywithme I'm sure I don't!
17:01	RT @ebertchicago: I feel sorry for Gary Coleman, and this sensitive piece explains why. http://j.mp/aYlhjC [Poor guy. What a sad life.]

07:09	Family Research Council study reveals repeal of DADT will lead to more studies making shit up. http://bit.ly/94DMPf
10:03	Challenger to Barbara Boxer debates a cardboard box, looks like a total tool. Should have debated a paper bag instead. http://bit.ly/aQt1TK
11:42	So. Those insane rumors that Microsoft's Ballmer would appear at Apple's WWDC? Not just insane but untrue. http://bit.ly/ap31bW
12:57	The Right attacks the ACLU for not defending US flag wearers on Cinco de Mayo. Except it's not true. Gosh, I'm shocked. http://bit.ly/bZYldN
16:02	Okay, this is weird. Turns out working at iPhone factory in China *reduces* your risk of suicide. http://bit.ly/bxJmo1
19:23	@renatojr_rj I hope you got some pictures of that!
22:05	Not everything in the Times is wrong. Like this piece about Bob, Chris & Abby Elliott. I loved Bob & Ray. No idea why. http://nyti.ms/cN6Iye

07:14	I love watching Repugs beat up on each other. Who's got the popcorn? http://huff.to/c9nzpN
08:32	@HappyTinfoilCat I guess we'll see how far dumbth will get you in the AZ GOP Senate primary.
09:07	I got 13 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:21	@VictoriaDahl And here I thought you above that kind of petty jealousy. Counting retweets indeed!
09:36	Finally caught up with @barryeisler's video interview on @grittv regarding 24 as propaganda and much more. http://bit.ly/cuJj0F
09:45	Peter Beinart on the Right wing disaster that is modern Israel, and why younger American Jews reject it. I'm with them. http://bit.ly/a5qt0X
18:49	Someone who understands drilling asks what more we think the President should be doing. Good question. http://bit.ly/bRnvzn
20:29	Gene Lyons, who wrote so forcefully on NY Times lousy reporting on Whitewater, on their coverage of Richard Blumenthal. http://bit.ly/b4kpfA
20:37	Why in the world does anyone pay tech industry analysts for anything but comic relief? More accurate to flip a coin. http://bit.ly/aZiy02

08:25	Black Like Me: libertarian opposition to Civil Rights Act "theoretically coherent but psychologically impossible." http://bit.ly/9aYNUg
08:46	RT @reduced: Wanna see a parade of your Twitter followers? Go here http://isparade.jp Thanks, @dickc! [Inspiring & weird at the same time.]
10:31	Rand Paul's just a symptom. The Tea Party is the disease. And the Repugs are the enablers. http://huff.to/cD2B7v
13:03	RT @reduced: RT @sesamestreet "Grover: It is Frank Oz's birthday. I'll try to find out who he is. What do you mean, there is no "try"?"
13:04	It's raining. Not supposed to rain in late May. Then again, it *is* Towel Day. (I miss you, Douglas Adams.)
16:18	@paulandstorm The AZ meatloaf post doesn't show up in my timeline, but does appear when I go to your feed.
18:50	Rand Paul plans to shake up his staff, because clearly all of his on-air asshattery was somebody else's fault. http://bit.ly/bDrUDD
20:19	I remember videos of robot experiments from the 80s. They were stone knives & bearskins compared to this. http://j.mp/cVKNog
21:51	Via @donttrythis, the most crazy ass lens I've ever seen. Nikon, you're evil geniuses! http://bit.ly/bQ5SZr

07:27	Rand Paul tries to rewrite his own remarks. "We don't always say what we mean." Except when we do. http://bit.ly/d3ALAg
07:37	Rand Paul's message to those whose lives are destroyed by big corporate interests? No help for you! Fuck off and deal with it!
09:08	I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
11:13	RT @ebertchicago: O, Joy! Replacement MacBookPro now *totally* restored from Time Machine. [Time Machine's a lifesaver. Apple's best work.]
14:57	Think your life sucks? Try being a male angler fish. http://bit.ly/bcz9hu (From @AnimeJune via @VictoriaDahl)
15:03	Bet you didn't know: George Washington invented instant coffee. No, not *that* George Washington... http://bit.ly/2AHpt
15:08	Think an iPhone on Verizon would be better than AT&T? Here's one guy who thinks yer smokin' dope: http://bit.ly/ddwdTl I bet he's right.
16:40	This is cool. Nikon has a lens simulator that lets you see magnification and angle of view at different focal lengths. http://bit.ly/6ybZr6
16:43	RT @BreakingNews: White House backs legislative proposal to repeal DADT after meeting with gay activists. http://bit.ly/cl4kOo [About time.]
16:46	Today Show's Ann Curry praised Wheaton grad Billy Graham in commencement address. Too bad that was the *other* Wheaton. http://bit.ly/aXs8YR
17:09	Bereft Lost viewers get their fill of weird from Fox News. http://huff.to/bsKWsx
17:39	RT @wilw: Whoops. @kngunn is right: headache is a process, not a file, and I need to kill -9 the stupid thing. [Unix nerd humor. Hee.]
20:38	Nice of the real superheroes to let that lame-o Batman hang out with them. http://bit.ly/ciyg1M
20:38	@counternotions Does it go "bing"?
21:22	Apple caves on that whole "No to Flash" thing, intros iPad XL. http://bit.ly/cz4OA1

06:59	You can't wear a chicken suit to a Nevada polling place. Guess First Amendment rights don't include feathers. http://bit.ly/asBaX9
09:05	I got 39 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
13:39	Top of the world, ma! http://yfrog.com/g029rj
16:52	Bad news: there's dust on my camera's sensor. Good news: it's high in the frame & easy to retouch out of today's beautiful blue sky.
17:04	Useful tip: If you're going to clean your camera's sensor, put the memory card back in before you take a test shot.
17:12	Via @ebertchicago, telling science from pretenders to the title. Like Intelligent Design, to name one example. http://bit.ly/9UNKwV

07:18	RT @paulandstorm: [S] Thanks, TX! Txtbks finally show how Rbt E Lee emancipated free enterprisers from the Commies, just as Christ ordained.
07:49	The Soup: "I'm guessing [Miss USA Rima Fakih's film debut] Throbbing Justice is about the penal system."
08:13	Steve Benin of Washington Monthly: Rand Paul defines a woman's uterus or a gay couple's bedroom as public entities. http://bit.ly/ciXyn9

07:53	RT @barryeisler: RT @thenation: When a Serious Libertarian Gets Serious Attention? http://bit.ly/dqZFXp [Spoiler: it isn't pretty.]
08:25	@barryeisler: Honored to be in such bad company: @MonicaKaye @VictoriaDahl @cjewel @jayewells @TheDirtyLowDown @mark_henry @SevickBrown
08:27	RT @maddow: Ruth Marcus on Rand Paul and Robert Bork: http://is.gd/cj7EK [In case you don't recall what was so awful about Bork.]
08:40	Now the Repugs are blaming the Dems for blocking the Civil Rights Act. Revisionism, thy name is GOP. http://bit.ly/9PSSVx
12:35	RT @ebertchicago: MPAA limit on blow jobs in R-rated film: Two head-bobs. [Worthy of a spit take.]
12:55	Before hating on Civil Rights, Ron & Rand fought the nonexistent NAFTA Highway. What could they do with a real issue. http://bit.ly/9UtLCR
13:57	As a counter to the theoretical glories of Libertarianism, may I present the practicalities of Triangle Shirtwaist? http://bit.ly/9SYwcM
14:45	@barryeisler Awfully nice of you to help @meetthepress out of a jam like that. They don't deserve you. Then again, they didn't deserve RP.
15:18	@marthaflynn Wassamatta, Martha? You don't think Miley should be required reading? What are you, some kind of commie?

06:23	Glibertarianism: The only thing worse than being acknowledged as a racist is being chickenshit about your racism. http://bit.ly/a52lng
08:15	@ebertchicago I beg to differ. On a good day, Fox News would reach no one at all.
08:49	Completely inappropriate Golden Books. Almost makes me want to have children. Okay, maybe not. http://bit.ly/8Xk3F0
10:54	Weird thing about having a Microcell is that a full signal on my iPhone is no longer cause for celebration. How will I cope?
12:51	It doesn't matter if Rand Paul is a racist. It only matters that he'd let racism flourish. And not just racism. http://bit.ly/cujAI3
13:15	I need to spend more time on Craigslist. I had no idea of the weird I've been missing. http://bit.ly/ddEtyD
15:26	Passed a coyote on Skyline a little while ago. Would have tweeted when it happened, but the lack of signal and risk of death stopped me.
15:36	I don't think you meant heroic, Mr Rockwell. The word is moronic. (Ron Paul speaks against Civil Rights Act.) http://bit.ly/aEsFfI
15:48	Google rewrites history. "We are at war with Apple. We have always been at war with Apple." http://bit.ly/dv4JTu
17:37	@WendiDarlin Really? You must have hated it from the womb! As for sushi, you just need to be led by the hand. Doesn't have to hurt.
17:37	Weird. DSL just hiccuped. Lost WiFi to my router, then connection to the outside world. It all came back as suddenly as it left.
18:25	Via @barryeisler, do not watch this if you can't handle some hot dog on granny action. http://bit.ly/b3SiKU
19:02	@iwatchTVshows @wilw The Connect-The-Dots of Dorian Gray #lesserbooks
19:02	@WendiDarlin Then it's probably a good thing that I really like your smile, huh?
20:39	Is Google's index getting smaller? Are they getting more selective in what they keep? http://bit.ly/cGqygy
21:12	Just finished watching the season finale of Bones. Very sad, and wondering how they'll pick things up in September. One year later?
21:32	Something is rotten in the state of... no, it's not the state that's rotten; it's Google. http://bit.ly/bO6DH9 via @counternotions.

08:54	Twitter's failing left and right. What ever will I do for human contact?
09:11	I got 40 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:27	Google admits Apple's right to limit multitasking; background apps really do kill phone battery! http://bit.ly/chUWTX (Who knew?)
09:29	Oops! Link in previous post doesn't work. Here's a summary from Daring Fireball: http://bit.ly/cSovxh
09:30	Another shocker: posting your Social Security number's a great way to get your identity stolen. http://bit.ly/c0pwq5
09:58	@LotusSixSixSix Weird weather here. Rain & gray skies, although we're back to sunny. Really need to get out and photograph something...
10:16	Joy Williams is one of the artists supporting Nashville flood relief. Details at https://www.noisetrade.com/joywilliams
13:48	Just picked up a Microcell at the AT&T Store. Non-sucky cell service, here I come! That's the theory, anyway. I'll let you know how it goes.
14:20	Turns out Miley Cyrus branded jewelry is toxic, and not just to little girls' psyches. http://bit.ly/aOxsCZ
14:37	My Microcell just activated. So in theory I should have a good cell signal at home. First time I could say that.
15:58	@RebeccaAmmon Not silly at all. But very, very intriguing.
16:36	RT @lomara: "Premakes" The Empire Strikes Back (1950) http://youtu.be/KmTpOQrqoO0 [Still better than the prequels.]
16:50	Speaking of premakes, here's Star Trek via Georges Méliès. The music makes it work. http://bit.ly/ddg1BS
19:32	RT @wilw: Disney replacing Star Tours with A POD RACE! Why not replace Tomorrowland with Jarjarland while you fist my childhood?! [Eek!]
20:19	RT @toywithme: Don't mess with a woman in a drug store who is buying tampons and chocolate. [Good advice, but a few months too late.]
20:33	Tea Partiers aren't racist shitheads. They just vote for racist shitheads for the Senate. http://bit.ly/blI3x8
20:34	@toywithme In fact, I'm the one who bought the tampons & chocolate. I didn't know the implications, but boy, did I find out.
20:43	Rand Paul: Businesses have the right to be as racist as they please. Govt should leave whites-only lunch counters alone.
20:50	@toywithme No, definitely not pretty. But highly educational, in a "you do not want to make that mistake again" kind of way.

Not sure how I got started, but the last few years I find myself taking on missions. It might have related to all the travel I was doing for work, and the way I'd race around in whatever free time I had (and sometimes I had a lot), photographing and otherwise documenting places for my website and then my blog. At some point I got fascinated with Route 66, and took quite a few trips to explore the remaining bits of the Mother Road in Arizona and California. That led to the first mission I put into words: to visit every town named in Bobby Troup's immortal song. Accomplished that a year ago in January, flying to Oklahoma City and then driving to Joplin, Missouri one day and Amarillo, Texas the next. Which of course left me missionless. But not for long.

My new goal was to visit all fifty states. I'd already been to quite a few: thirty-eight between work and all those endless car trips from New York to Charleston and Savannah to visit family. But now it was a mission, and I had a plan. Phase one got delayed a month, when my mom died the night before I was to set off for Idaho and a bunch of states in the upper middle. But I rescheduled, and I persevered, and I knocked five more states off the list. And then this month I got to four more, leaving only Maine, Vermont and Alaska yet untrod.

So now I'm making plans for New England in the fall, in hope of getting some pretty color pictures. And either before or after, I'll do something about Alaska. Which will leave me sadly missionless once again.

All of which leads me to ask the question: do you go in for missions, or do you think I'm some nutso travel version of a packet? Or both; I suppose both could be true.

07:47	@renatojr_rj It's be good to have you back in the Bay Area, even for a little while.
09:13	I got 37 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
14:42	@renatojr_rj You realize that if I were with you, this would never have happened. I don't miss flights. Ever. Well, hardly ever.
15:48	@VictoriaDahl Got to be my refusal to grow up, or at least old. I love seeing the world with the eyes of a child.
18:33	@VictoriaDahl Just as well my HS didn't have proms. We were not a fashionable generation.
19:28	Prehistoric sex toy and fire starter. Wouldn't think there would be enough friction down there to make sparks. http://bit.ly/bSHTYo
21:53	Now this is ironic: a book about corporate trust, with a cover image stolen from a microstock photo agency. http://bit.ly/9kXlYI

06:26	From @counternotions, Google's hypocrisy regarding Apple's closed ecosystem. Et tu, Brute? http://bit.ly/b0T6XX
09:11	I got an image accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
12:07	Back from my morning shoot. Elizabeth was amazing, and we got some great photos. Now to work uploading and editing.
14:33	Here I am with today's model. Aren't we the cutest? http://yfrog.com/b9viivj
15:47	Via @VictoriaDahl, maybe this explains why abstinence education is such a failure. Creepy! http://tinyurl.com/2c7aw8y
16:17	@nicoleisbetter In San Francisco, one can't assume these things.
17:11	RT @reduced: Wait - a Lebanese gal won Miss USA?! I thought only heterosexual women could do that. [Hee!]
19:45	Via @Elise_Logan, how is it that sloths make being slothful look so appealing? http://bit.ly/bd5p45
21:01	You know that 640KB limit in DOS? And the 2GB one for hard drives? Well, history repeats itself yet again. http://bit.ly/bX8oWQ

15:47	Yesterday I shot cannons, which isn't like shooting Canons, which I'd never do. This morning I shot flowers. Much quieter than cannons.
15:51	@nicoleisbetter You know, you coulda warned a guy. I can't unsee that.
16:29	*sigh* Model crisis means no photography tonight. Anyone wanna take bets on tomorrow's shoot?
17:49	Drowning my sorrows in a little prosecco, Caesar salad and pizza fradiavola. Apologies for any misspellings, but I'm too sad to check.
18:22	@scapersuse Oh, just a canceled shoot, one that involved some expense. It happens. (Fradiavola is devil's wife. Think spicy.)

08:23	Off to Sacramento to shoot the Civil War reenacters, who'll be shooting each other. But not like i'm shooting them.
11:27	Just arrived at the battlefield. Such a nice day for some carnage.
11:42	Some entertainment before the, umm, entertainment. http://yfrog.com/iz8jyuj
16:33	For future reference, Civil War cannons are loud. Really loud.

07:16	This is cool: if you like one writer, the site maps others you're likely to enjoy. This one's centered on @barryeisler: http://bit.ly/aYJaK6
10:22	Google admits selling the Nexus One online was a failure, only a little after everyone else figured it out. http://bit.ly/9D2eqc
11:10	Hey, @barryeisler! Copies of Fault Line on the shelf of my local Nob Hill Foods. I still say it's the author photo.
11:31	First of four shoots this weekend just got postponed. Hope that isn't a sign.
11:41	What *were* the Howells doing on a three hour tour with all that cash? Answers at last: http://bit.ly/aJaUru
11:46	This post talks about Gilligan's Island and the iPad, two great tastes that taste great together. http://bit.ly/a3gDJT
12:27	Via @maddow, the immorality, the raw hypocrisy of DADT. http://is.gd/c97Zy
12:40	@VictoriaDahl And finishes with baby wipes, and possibly more diapers.
14:29	In case you had any doubts about the iPhone finder's guilt, the rest of the story. In his own words, "Sucks for him." http://bit.ly/a39DIz
18:58	@counternotions He should, for that and so much more.

07:56	Whisper campaign about Elena Kagen because she's fiftyish, unmarried and short. So am I; am I a lesbian too?
12:47	On last night's Daily Show, Lewis Black invokes Glen Beck invoking Hitler. Empathy leads to genocide, Glen? Really? http://bit.ly/9Fz34r
12:50	Phoenix worried new immigration law will cost a fortune. Who knew being racist shitheads could hurt convention biz? http://bit.ly/b33IF4
17:43	@scapersuse Ouch! Not the face; it's one of my favorite features!
17:49	Florida principal emails parent to eat sh-- & die. In her defense, she has a pretty hot Facebook picture. http://bit.ly/cdirjv
18:25	@KobeATL I'd say not! Who died?

08:50	Amazing! I have four shoots booked for this weekend. Now where did I put that camera...
09:07	@VictoriaDahl Fantastic, I agree. But Rubenesque? Not even remotely. @MonicaKaye
10:00	@toywithme Damn! Now I'll never think of "shaking the ketchup bottle" as anything but a euphemism!
12:50	RT @toywithme: A law firm with a sense of humor? http://bit.ly/54XYHZ [Tragic!]
12:51	@toywithme Pretty good, but not as ballsy as Morrison Foerster, aka http://www.mofo.com/.
14:53	There's a name for the inverse relationship between competence & confidence: the Dunning-Kruger Effect. http://bit.ly/cazFVm
15:24	RT @ebertchicago: We've always had a lot of Ethnic Studies in our schools. Until recently, all the Ethnic groups were European.
16:14	Looking at Google Maps & planning a trip to Maine (state #48) and Vermont (#49) for leaf turning time.
16:58	@MsCaliLogan You two think you're so cute, don't you? {:->
18:41	Hawaii passes law that gives Birthers the brush off. http://bit.ly/ax67rC
18:41	@VictoriaDahl I dunno. Something about @Gennita's eyes...
18:53	@renatojr_rj Been there, done that. I'd tell you to have fun, but we both know you will!

07:32	Meg Whitman is *not* a Satanist. She just sold stuff for them. How do these rumors get started? http://huff.to/bga1r1
07:55	Catching up on two weeks of Big Bang Theory. Oh, TiVo, how I missed you.
11:38	@VictoriaDahl Was that the longest movie ever? Claire Forlani was beautiful, but even she couldn't make up for the lack of, well, anything.
18:40	"The day Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they make a vacuum cleaner." With thanks to my friend Mike.

05:57	First time in a week I've tried to navigate without Homer the GPS telling me what to do. Good thing I stayed right by the airport.
05:59	Bags checked, through Security and enjoying Port Columbus's free WiFi. SFO, you suck, and not just for the lack of free WiFi.
06:46	Okay, this stinks. 90 minutes before flight & I'm all caught up on my online stuff. Dammit, Internets, entertain me!
08:09	First flight delayed a few minutes. Second flight's been canceled. I'll get home eventually...
08:21	Good news: I have a new flight to SFO. Bad news: it's 3 hours after the one I was supposed to be on.
09:47	First flight of the day just landed. Once everyone's off & new folks on, we'll head on to LAX. Did I mention it's gonna be a long day?
10:05	Snagged an exit row for the next leg. Excellent. (Rubbing hands in most Burnsian fashion.)
10:19	Good news: I'm in the exit row. Bad news: so is the enormous gentleman next to me.
14:48	Just landed at LAX. Now to find something more substantial than peanuts and beef jerky.
16:25	I suddenly remembered why I don't hate being stuck at LAX. Wow.
18:01	On the plane to SFO. A workman just walked by with a power drill. That can't be good.
20:04	Finally arrived at SFO. Now all I need are my bags and a ride home.
20:28	Bags in hand. Waiting for SuperShuttle to get me the flock out of here.
21:44	Home at last. And only 16 hours after leaving my hotel in Columbus. Heck, Columbus himself probably got home quicker than that.

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05:11	Last leg of the road trip, from Charleston, WV back to Columbus. Chilly and gray this morning. Hope that's all I have to deal with.
06:41	Listening to Start Me Up by @VictoriaDahl while I drive the backroads of West Virginia. Nice way to spend a Sunday.
07:13	Back in Ohio. I can feel my adventure racing toward its conclusion.
09:23	Stopping for lunch at a Greek restaurant on my way to see a building shaped like a picnic basket.
09:29	@meatflag how did we deal with boredom before the Intertubes?
09:44	TV conman Kevin Teudeau is advertising a book called Free Money. The book is $19.95. I sense irony.
09:46	I'll claim the misspelling in my previous tweet is to avoid giving a sleaze any free press. That's my story.
10:40	Now that's a hell of a big basket. http://yfrog.com/9fh4eoj
12:08	@laurakcurtis It's the headquarters of Longaberger. They make baskets. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10658
13:51	How do you like them apples? http://yfrog.com/j26fkj

09:11	I got 6 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:30	Lots of great photos with Jessie this morning in Knoxville. Time to move on now. Charleston, West Virginia tonight.
09:35	Really annoyed at all the Mother's Day offers I'm getting. The Internets know all about me; how can they not know this?
10:27	Just left Tennessee for Kentucky. That's eleven states in a week.
13:58	Just crossed into West Virginia, my 47th state and number twelve for this trip.
14:16	Ugly traffic on I-64 crawling toward Charleston.
15:29	Arrived at my hotel in Charleston, WV. Now for dinner. What exactly do Charlestonians eat?
17:18	Hey, iPhone? When I type hell, I really do mean to type hell. Stop changing it to he'll. You're really pissing me off.
18:50	@MsCaliLogan MTV mean to our Cali? You want I should have them keeled?

04:19	Short drive today, so I get to spend some time doing touristy things around Chattanooga. Details as they happen.
06:20	Waiting for the Incline Railway at Lookout Mountain. http://yfrog.com/83joprj
06:23	iPhone says it's 69 here. Like hell it is.
07:12	Chattanooga from Point Park. http://yfrog.com/jpx7gj
08:44	Exploring Rock City. This is called Fat Man Squeeze. http://yfrog.com/04tctj
08:45	Rock City is neat, but not if you're claustrophobic. Perfect timing; a big school group was arriving as I left.
08:45	Emergency stop! A turtle was crossing the road. I kid you not.
09:09	Lunch at Krystal as I leave Chattanooga. Better than White Castle.
13:00	@KobeATL Sadly, no time to visit Georgia this trip. But I want to come back and explore some more. Rain check?
13:00	@hezmanagirl Picked up a 4-pack of Cheerwine. Will think of you when I burp.
13:10	Made it to Knoxville without incident. In what the hotel laughingly calls a suite. Still, hoping for a pleasant evening's photography.
18:36	Finished tonight's shoot. Great fun, and I think we got some good stuff. Shooting again in the ayem.

05:13	Listening to a train whistle in the near distance. A beautiful, mournful sound.
06:45	Leaving Jackson, Mississippi. Today's destination: Chattanooga, Tennessee. Think I'll find a choo choo?
06:47	@IIriaa I wish you could go too.
08:33	Just crossed the Alabama state line, my ninth state of the trip.
09:46	Stopping for lunch in Tuscaloosa. Oysters sound good.
09:52	RT @ThePlumLineGS: Poll deflates "Obama's Katrina" meme: 1/4 say Gulf spill response was "poor": http://bit.ly/a2VZbn [Same % like Bush.]
10:09	My discovery for the day: Wintzell's Oyster House in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Glad I decided to take the detour off the Interstate.
13:10	Cutting the corner of Georgia on my way to Tennessee.
13:43	So much for Georgia, my tenth state of the trip. Arrived for the night in Chattanooga, where I seem to have lost an hour. Careless of me.
14:52	Chattanooga may be my new favorite place. It's certainly the prettiest town I've seen in ages.
14:55	They have a free shuttle across the river. It's electric. And it has WiFi. How cool is that!
15:29	EMC's CTO brings home an iPad. What follows is magical. This thing really is a game changer. http://bit.ly/9Yv5Zn
16:18	I love this! Cupidtino, a dating site for Mac people! http://bit.ly/cvAYjw
16:20	RT @ebertchicago: Sometimes you think you know somebody through Twitter, and you know nothing. Nothing at all. http://j.mp/9TXki2 [Wow.]
17:20	Trying a rib place because of a well placed billboard. We'll see how it goes.
17:56	The rib place was pretty good, although cutlery was pointless. As were sharp teeth for that matter.
17:57	Now I'm being followed by a Ukrainian mail order bride agency. Do I sound that desperate? (Feel free to lie to save my feelings.)

04:22	Black is white? Glenn Beck on the side of the Constitution vs. McCain over Miranda warning. http://huff.to/a6OP6q
05:51	Morning traffic in Little Rock sucks.
07:08	Freeway ends south of Pine Bluff, AR. This is nice.
09:09	Just left Arkansas for Louisiana. That makes seven states so far this trip.
09:19	I got 11 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
10:39	Vicksburg, Mississippi. My 46th state, and eight this trip. Wrote a report on the siege of Vicksburg. It sucked. http://yfrog.com/juwjqj
13:21	Arrived at my hotel in Jackson, MS after a detour to the airport. Had to exchange rental cars. Again. These Suthin' rocks just love me.
13:22	RT @VictoriaDahl: RT @MKupperman: "Lord, I pray upon you to remove this sinful penis from my mouth." [Can't. Stop. Laughing.]
13:36	BTW, new rental car has a little chip in the windshield. It's like a Get Out of Jail Free card, in case I have another rock encounter.
13:47	Tom Tom has an official Darth Vader voice! Groovy; I was getting tired of Homer Simpson. http://bit.ly/aQM7OE
14:05	Writer at the Christian Science Monitor on why everyone's taking Gizmodo's side against Apple, & why they're wrong. http://bit.ly/cerw5i
16:47	Very exciting event at this year's #Farscape con: a tour of the Henson Studios. Expensive but worth it; already bought my ticket.

08:38	Late start. Had to swap rental cars over a crack that was growing like a weed. Lucky today's a short driving day. Little Rock tonight.
11:51	Just arrived in Little Rock. http://yfrog.com/1slgflj
13:46	RT @paulandstorm: [S] Star Wars Day! / A tribute in verse / Jar-Jar sucks / And Han shot first
13:47	Just had a nice wander through the Clinton Presidential Library and around the grounds. Not nearly as much gnashing of teeth as at Reagan's.
14:26	I'm in the Veer Dash for Cash! Upload images and earn cash instantly when they're accepted. Find out more at http://bit.ly/dflggq
18:48	Strange, but the longer I'm in the South, the more Southern I sound. I'm consoled by the knowledge that it'll pass after I cross back.

04:11	@scapersuse Safe travels. Where are you headed?
06:16	Breakfast before I head southwest to Memphis. I love cafe breakfasts when I'm on the road.
06:58	Indiana in my taillights. Hello, Illinois.
09:09	I got 39 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
11:06	Just left Illinois for Missouri. Pretty bridge across the Mississippi. No place to stop, alas.
11:23	FAULT LINE, out in paper for only six days, already went back for 2nd printing. /via @barryeisler [It's the author photo.]
12:39	Just entered Arkansas, state #44 and my fifth of the trip.
14:04	Just arrived in Memphis. Sky is blue and the rivers seem to be keeping within their banks. Tennessee is my sixth state of the trip.
14:05	RT @ConanOBrien: Through the desert on my way to Reno, I passed an establishment called "Shady Ladies". Either a brothel or a tree nursery.
14:08	They have Krystal in Memphis. That's like White Castle with a suthin' accent. Later maybe; tonight's gotta be barbecue.
16:12	At the King's Palace Cafe on Beale. Do I get the Cajun Combo? Or the ribs? I'm so conflicted!
20:03	I went with the Cajun. It was good. http://yfrog.com/9ggg1cj
20:30	RT @janewiedlin: Tomorrow is Star Wars Day! May The Fourth Be With You! #geek #StarWars [Hey, it's no sillier than Pi Day.]

06:45	Leaving the Hyatt. Next stop Hertz at the airport.
09:40	So this is Indiana. Looks a lot like Ohio.
09:43	For those of you keeping score, Indiana is my 44th state.
10:20	They have White Castle in Indiana. You have no idea how happy that makes me.
10:26	Oh, the things I do to myself... http://yfrog.com/bh65nlj
13:30	Day one of the road trip was not without incident, but I made it to Terre Haute. More adventures tomorrow.
15:16	Today's lesson: folks in Terre Haute let their dogs run free. Chased by two, pant leg nibbled by one. Good exercise for the heart.
18:32	Nothing sadder than an in-room jacuzzi and no one to share it. *snif*
18:33	@TomMartin_KY Only cutting through the eastern corner on my way to West Virginia.
18:35	@lara_adrian Thanks for the shoutout, Lara. Glad you liked the RT Book Fair pictures.

07:10	In line at the Book Fair, like I really need more books. RT is winding down. #RT10
09:05	I got 20 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:53	To the nice lady who admired my enormous camera: it's not the size of the lens; it's knowing where to point it. #RT10
11:10	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Beth Ciotta http://twitpic.com/1k0wts #RT10
11:12	Faces from the RT Book Fair: @VictoriaDahl http://twitpic.com/1k0xjg #RT10
11:14	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Wendi Darlin http://twitpic.com/1k0y45 #RT10
11:16	Faces from the RT Book Fair: @JackieKessler http://twitpic.com/1k0ypi #RT10
11:19	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Caitlin Kittredge http://twitpic.com/1k0zhf #RT10
11:20	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Carrie Lofty http://twitpic.com/1k0zyf #RT10
11:21	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Kayla Perrin http://twitpic.com/1k108v #RT10
11:23	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Delilah Marvelle http://twitpic.com/1k10uv #RT10
11:26	Faces from the RT Book Fair: Ann Voss Peterson http://twitpic.com/1k11kx #RT10
11:26	@KateRothwell Too late, I'm afraid. The Fair ended 25 minutes ago.
11:28	Faces from the RT Book Fair: F. Paul Wilson http://twitpic.com/1k12a3 #RT10
11:28	@KateRothwell So much fun, I'm surprised it's legal. It is, isn't it?
11:30	Faces from the RT Book Fair: my dance partner, Sharon Page http://twitpic.com/1k12vn #RT10
11:34	Faces from the RT Book Fair: @jakonrath, looking rather more dead than alive. http://twitpic.com/1k145c #RT10
22:30	Finally headed to bed. Bye, all you nice people. Bye, #RT10. Looking forward to #RT11 in El Lay. But for now, ready to start my road trip.

05:16	Alarm goes off, but I've been awake for ages. Submitting photos from the weekend shoot. Then it's back to #RT10 for more fun.
05:47	@renatojr_rj Safe flight.
07:45	Mario Acevedo & Mark Henry talking food porn - people as food. Disturbuing. #RT10
07:49	"if you suck a vampire dry..." "They get very relaxed." #RT10
09:11	I got 36 images accepted to @shutterstock today! Check out my gallery here: http://tinyurl.com/ltgjp5
09:20	The UMC Council of Bishops is meeting across the hall from RT. Bad plan. #RT10
09:21	Did you know the protective cup was invented before the helmet? Makes you think. #RT10
10:39	If Nick Denton of Gawker will pay $5K for an iPhone, what would they pay for this? http://founditinabar.com/
10:42	Repugs claiming credit for best parts of Health Care Reform they voted against. http://bit.ly/ajgzpd
12:55	Fun panel arguing the definition of steampunk. #RT10 http://yfrog.com/jpyt1gj
16:24	Via @paulandstorm, I dare you not to cry. Go ahead; prove you're stronger than me: http://bit.ly/bl5KH9
18:05	Tonight's Vampire Ball performance has begun. If you don't hear from me in two hours, send flowers. I used to like roses.
18:50	Okay, time to hit the dance floor.