I arrived on time and in good spirits having been upgraded to economy plus (Thanks nice guy at the airport!).  Maybe I'll get lucky again on the way back. I landed on time and sailed through customs without a problem.  I picked up my bags and was out the door without a hitch (piece of advice, go to the bathroom before you get your bags...

I was excited earlier this week when we had a little bit of snow. I actually had to force myself to not be wimpy and go out into the cold since a post-doc from the university and I had decided to go for a swim. But it was just a little snow that wasn't sticking and the pool, of course, was indoors. But then, later in the week, a big snow came. I...

Amsterdam To have our car Carnae signed in Ijmuiden upon reaching Holland turned out to be a fiasco, as the Duane/Customs had not seen the form in many years and it was way out of date. Three officers invited us into their office while completing a few phone calls to HQ. They escorted our 2 vehicles with 2 of their own to Amsterdam's head office...

I was thinking about Frantic Ernie Durham after I called his name at the end of my last post, and I wanted to direct you to his 1958 program segment posted as the first episode of our new programming slot at Radio Free Amsterdam called Vintage Radio Vaults. Listen here: The Frantic One on Radio Free Amsterdam (.mp3) Ernie Durham was my childhood...

Since my website is still down, I've had some requests for the two columns I wrote from New Orleans in January and February, so I'll attach the first one here and add the second one as a separate post: On The Road #15 A Column by John Sinclair (Oxford, Mississippi, February 6, 2006)-Christmas in New Orleans was a sobering experience. I came back...

1st day of the journals, feeling very very cool..........as we are just wearing a simple T-shirt and jeans while departed from Malaysia