.: Above The Aether :.

Hey kiddos, Justine and I are still in Des Moines. We’re enjoying the quiet streets and the chilly temperatures of Iowa’s bustling metropolis.
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and have recovered from the tryptophan coma. Did you know cheddar cheese has more tryptophan than turkey?
Catch you on the flip side, daddy-oh.
-Dave

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-Dave

Notice the cool dude standing between the Stormtroopers.
-Dave

My flight was delayed several hours this morning, but I managed to make it to Indianapolis by 6:30pm or so. While sitting at the gate in Houston I played a little game with myself called “spot the gaming nerd going to Gencon.”
It was an easy game.
As it turns out, the plane from Houston to [...]

In order of importance…
1. Day off of work.
2. BBQ with friends.
3. Beer
4. Laughing at the silly British red-coats in 1776 who thought they could defeat a bunch of scruffy coonskin-cap-wearing hillbillies.
Little did they know, our hillbillies are particularly stubborn.
(Just like the one running our country.)
-Dave

Justine and I had a great time this weekend with our good friends, Josh and Tara. We went down to Galveston and did some strolling around. This is some of what we saw.

After a white-knuckled flight out of Charlotte, NC yesterday in a 30 passenger prop plane in a driving rain storm we landed in Huntington, WV.  I only felt like vomiting three times during this hour long flight, but I consider my self lucky that I didn’t.
The hillbillies on board looked pretty green around the gills [...]

Justine here. Been awhile.
Since I completely dissed P-town last year, I feel the need to make reparation to my loyal readers who may have held a divergent opinion.
I hate Portland no longer now that I’m able to accept it for what it is, rather than seeing it as a safe haven away from the [...]