The Professional Wanderer

Reluctantly, I left St Augustine, Florida for a week in Chicago. Quite intimidated by the traffic, I took a hotel near O'Hare and plott...

Arrrrr matey! September 19 is approaching! What's the big deal about September 19, you might ask. Well!....It's National Talk Li...

Main Entry: red·neck Pronunciation: 'red-"nek Function: noun 1 sometimes disparaging : a white member of the Southern rural la...

This morning, a co-worker called on the phone and we were talking about California. In the fall of '05 and into the spring of '06, I...

So, at best, sometimes you feel just " average "? How cool would it be if we could just make it mandatory that others saw u...

When Christopher Columbus came to the new world 600 years ago, he spotted what he thought was a mermaid and wrote that they were not quite a...

To some, Newt has a dirt bag reputation and I have to admit that I'm not in his camp on everything that comes out of his mouth. With t...

Main Entry: cur·mud·geon (click the speaker button) Function: noun Pronunciation: (")k&r-'m&-j&n : a crusty, ill...

Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough and another twit argue over the Paris Hilton story. I actually agree with Brzezinski but why is there even...

4th of July, 2007 No, I didn't get to go home on the 4th of July. I love the 4th as much as anyone but I'm up here in Madison (Hunts...