The Massive Head of Peter Jennings, originally uploaded by rak. Centro, Des Moines, Iowa. January 18, 2004. This was the second picture I had of my brush with broadcasting fame. In the first, I held the camphone and took the shot. Peter Jennings looked at picture and said, “Wait! Your […]
A Roar to Match Ours
(Note: I never finished writing the follow-up to my adventure in Iowa, probably because I was too exhausted and depressed from the collapse of Howard Dean’s campaign. After someone on MeFi posted about the scream, I cranked out this reply. Someone on MeFi, who was an editor for Wired, said […]
Iowa – Dinner with Dennis
Iowa – Dinner with Dennis Room 339 Motel 6 West Des Moines, IA I should have known it would be a weird night when I found out the Vietnamese place was called A Dong. It got even weirder when I saw that the front was plastered with Kucinich signs. And […]
Iowa – Canvassing
Iowa – Canvassing Perfect Storm HQ Locust Street, Des Moines, IA I am exhausted, and all I did today was walk. My team was assigned two parts of a precinct in Ankeny; we barely finished half of one. It’s not a matter of inexperience or lack of skills. It’s just […]
Iowa – Detroit International
I’m now in Detroit, and I have this to say: is Wayne County that cheap that it has to charge seven bucks for a day’s worth of WiFi? I mean, it’s a step up from LAX, where there’s no WiFi at all. But, oy! I’m only going to be here […]
Iowa – LAX Terminal Three
So, here I am in LAX. I’ve hijacked the last two plugs in the terminal, and I’m being cornered by a small, Aussie child who’s fascinated by my laptop. “Lachlan!” his dad keeps calling, and Lachlan sprawls on the floor, contrite as all get out. They have a 12 and […]