Hit the Road, Zach

I went to Columbia! The District of, that is. Haha!
“That wasn’t even funny,” says a random passerby, who is decidedly unattractive.
Well, you would probably think it was funny if you were attractive.
“I don’t think that was funny either,” says Attractive Girl, looking very attractive.
Dang. Well, irregardlessly, I went to DC.
“‘Irregardlessly’ is not [...]

Spread the news — these vagabond shoes went to New York City! Rather than foolishly driving my car into the city and trying to find parking, I intelligently parked my car a good distance away and took the train in to the city. As it turns out, I could have still found parking [...]

Continuing with the misnamed regions, Martha’s Vineyard is more of an island than a vineyard, and it never belonged to anyone named Martha. What was that guy Bartholomew Gosnold thinking in 1602 when he named the island?
Happy thoughts, most probably. We were certainly thinking happy thoughts during our time on the Vineyard.
MPM: It [...]

ME! Not to be confused with myself and I, ME is actually the northeastmost state in the Union.
We arrived in Portland to find a pleasant city with a healthy dose of “small bayside shipping town” feel. When we got the the edge of the State, it was our first time seeing the Atlantic [...]

Some non-critical updates for you.
A Technical Update
At the suggestion of my good friend Matthew Campagna, I have begun integrating Shadowbox, an excellent standards-compliant media viewing solution, into this blag.
Presently it seems to be working on the home page, but not individual post pages, although the page code is identical. ????
Check it out on this [...]

I’m pretty awesome at keeping my word. Every time I say “NEXT: blah blah blah” at the end of a post, I always deliver in the next post. If anyone cares to make me a trophy, perhaps saying “Internets Teaser Satisfying Champion” or “2008 Promised Topic Delivery Leader” or something, I’m pretty sure [...]