Wingate Inns Columbus

... songs of Paul Weller in the style of Alec Guinness'. He won't even play the dashboard drums, and still listens to my daily playing of, 'Tubular Bells' through gritted teeth. Still, he pays for petrol from time to time so it's not all bad.



Thought of the Day

Have you heard? Bird is the word.

For reference

Richard Powney is an avid watcher of the weather channel.

... that follow, i didn't shoot it cos I was scared of it!).

Once at the range we bought our goggles and ear plugs and a box of bulletts, we also bought some targets. Ashley and Carl went first and Carls gun was so f'ing loud, it scared the **** out of me. Then it was my turn I was to shoot a "45" it had quite a kick back to it so my first shot missed the target completely ha ha! But once I sorted my nerves and my aim out I was good to go! One of my last shots hit the bullseye ...

... we watched some tv and decided and earlyish night was in order because we decided that we were gonna travel to Atlanta the next day to The worlds Largest Aquarium. Not gonna lie I was pretty excited about this, Ashley had wanted to go but hadn't had chance as her new Hubby Carl was in the army and didn't get much time off. He was a very nice guy and as a bonus blew things up for a living, sweet!

See next entry xx

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... our laptops in and I got Lydia to sew a new strap on my camera bag so it would work with my new backpack.

I realize that a lot of this entry is some really boring stuff - hell, I'm even bored writing it, but I wanted to check this out and make sure it was something I wanted to do on the trip. So for those of you that enjoy the next 2 weeks - I'm glad. But for those of you that would rather do ANYTHING else than read about me . . . believe me, I understand![

... most brutal weapons of western imperialism in Central America! The soldiers are used as instruments of large, western companies to broaden their influence in the low incomes areas of Central America! The soldiers don't hide from their brutal massacres, like the 1981 massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador, at which SOA-trained soldiers killed more than 900 mostly women and children to facilitate the comforts of our western lifestyle, like the cheap price of clothing at ...

... win tickets for prizes. We are now waiting for massages(what a life,eh?) so I am excited about a massage. We are staying at a very nice place on campus and I walked around campus to see the football, baseball, and basketball arenas. This is a very beautiful campus! I am gearing up for a 115 mile day tomorrow. I will update you if I survive. thanks for all your thoughts and I am so humbled by all the people looking at the blog- it makes me very happy that you are able to come along in this way.

... for our trip and getting the cats to Nandita's parents (I'll consider cat droppings in the car not an event). The extended weekend (Friday - Sunday) was spent in Columbus, GA for Katie and Jonathan's wedding (which was a splendid affair, but I'll let Nandita have the honor of discussing it). The wedding weekend was fantastic - it's always fun when you get to spend a weekend with your ...

... owned" by the United States, it is suffering more than it should. How is the US aiding their struggle for health, a human need and right? The Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice was at the convention center, and we got there just in time for me to hear a high schooler from Loyola in Los Angeles to note his walk of the Stations of the Cross with the LA Catholic Worker. I almost started crying. One of the real inspirations for my deciding to come to ...

Yeh this is when i went to go live with my dad for a couple of months...pretty awesome yet pretty gay...but its cool cuz i got cooked-food everynight for dinner
got paid almost every week...wasnt in shreveport(best part)


walked around the whole muscogee county(literally...in one day)

Went to Atlanta...badass place btw...you should definitely go there...