July 3, 2007
CNN Headline News blasts on several plasma TVs overhead. The newscasters yammer on and on about car bombs and the war on terror. I am in Houston’s International airport, waiting for my connecting flight back to LAX.
Tomorrow our nation will celebrate its 231st birthday, and I couldn’t be less proud of my country. This year [...]
Archive for April, 2008
A Very Merry Un-Birthday
Posted in Older Travels, tagged Older Travels on April 29, 2008 | 43 Comments »
Storm Chasing
Posted in Older Travels, Storm Chasing, tagged Older Travels on April 14, 2008 | 17 Comments »
In the Spring ‘06, I accepted a TV assignment for Discovery Channel’s “Storm Chasers” to document a brave group of scientists and storm chasers who study and follow severe weather throughout “Tornado Alley.” For eight weeks, we traveled in a caravan throughout parts of the (red) United States I had never before seen (and didn’t plan [...]
My first step
Posted in Generality, tagged Life on April 9, 2008 | 33 Comments »
My mom tells me just about everyday how she knew I would grow up to travel the world. She felt it as she carried me in her belly and knew once she pushed me out, I would want to explore far and distance lands.
I was 9 years old when my family set sail on a [...]
