Lost in Milk Wood

Volkswagen has launched a campaign to coincide with the debut of the new Golf — which features Richard Burton reading from Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood. It's called Night Driving, and the site features user-recommended night drives from around the world. I think I'm going to add a few of my own.

Hat tip: Prolific

Meme: Four Things

Sorry about two meme posts in a row... but a dear friend ( whose Batman Begins I'm holding for ransom ) just sent me this... so I couldn't resist:

A. Four jobs I have had in my life:

Baker's assistant
Bag-boy
Bill collector
Software interface designer

B. Four movies I would watch over and over.

Young Sherlock Holmes
Lord of the Rings Trilogy ( I II III )
A Man for All Seasons
Spirited Away

C. Four places I have lived

Spokane, WA
East LA, CA
Québec City, PQ
Provo, UT

( Check-out my "Places I've Lived" map at Platial )

D. Four TV shows I love to watch

Project Runway
Prison Break
Psych
Eureka ( I found this one on iTunes )

E. Four places I have been on vacation

Copenhagen, Denmark
Banff, Canada
Reykjavik, Iceland
San Francisco, USA

F. Four Websites I visit daily: ( I have 400 feeds in my newsreader... but you want just four... )

Metafilter
Times & Seasons
Ideas in Food
Utah Centralist

G. Four of my favorite foods:

Pho
Miso soup
Vanilla ice cream served in my famous spicy fruit reduction
Corn dogs

H. Four places I'd rather be right now:

Stockholm, Sweden
Boston, USA
Beijing, China
Isfahan, Iran

I. Four friends I think will respond:

Hehe... this is a trick question, right?

My Own Private Idaho Island

So I swung by Doc's place to visit for a spell last night before dropping by the Tavernacle to see what the hype was all about ( fun show... smoke-free environment... would have been better with a friend, but it's just not my scene ), and he was reading a newsletter from a company that specializes in selling/brokering the sale of private islands, worldwide.

Man! This is a dream I've had since I realized at age 8 that I wouldn't be able to buy Montana and secede from the Union.

* drools *

I'll take this one, and this one, and these two... and this one... and ...

Meme: Four in the Morning

I got the idea from my good friend Listless Lawyer, who is continuing the Four in the Morning meme from somewhere else.

As usual, if you decide to pick-up on the meme, leave a comment!

Four Places You’ve Lived

• Spokane, Washington


• Clovis, California


• Cap Rouge, Québec


• Salt Lake City, Utah

Four Jobs You’ve Had In Your Life

• Baker's Assistant (It was a nice place when the baker wasn't drunk, his son wasn't pouting, and his wife wasn't high on weight-loss drugs.)


• Bag Boy (I still can't get over being told that I was too helpful.)


• Shoe Salesman (I still can't get over being told that I was too helpful... yeah, I know!)


• Bill Collector (I understood why "helpful" wasn't what they wanted here, though.)

Four Movies You Could Watch Over and Over (and Over and Over)

• It's a Wonderful Life


• Sixth Sense


• Phenomenon


• Rear Window

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch

• West Wing


• House


• Lost


• Battlestar Galactica

Four Places You’ve Been on Vacation

• Copenhagen, Denmark


• Reykjavik, Iceland


• London, UK


• New York City, USA

Four Websites You Visit Daily

• Salt Lake City Tribune


• Cute Overload


• For Better or For Worse


• PVP Online

Four of Your Favorite Foods

• Saag Paneer


• Wasabi Peas


• Sushi


• Butternut Squash Soup

Four Places You’d Rather Be

• Fez, Morocco


• New Zealand


• Boston


• With Friends

Four Albums You Can’t Live Without Adore

• Soundtrack: Brokeback Mountain


• Squirrel Nut Zippers: Hot


• Andrew Bird: Swimming Hour


• Soundtrack: A Charlie Brown Christmas

Four People to Tag With This Meme

• The three people reading this... and one of their friends.

KSL in Kansas

So I was driving across country this weekend to deliver my good friends' car to them, and I was crossing into Kansas from Colorado on I-70. Whatever NPR station I had managed to snatch from the ether had finally faded, and I was itching for something else to distract me from the monotony of a night drive (and my all-too-frequent — and dangerous — episodes of falling asleep at the wheel)... when I remembered capturing the signal from KSL 1160 one cold night years earlier as I crossed the Mojave on one of too-infrequent pilgrimages to see my brother (not to mention the nearby IKEA).

At any rate, I decided to try my luck, and I dialed-up 1160... and there, in the middle of the Great American Prairie, was Doug Wright, et al. It was so surreal. Even though I prefer KSL 1160's daytime programming to its evening fair, I was mesmerized by the distance these voices had traveled — on gossamer wings, it seemed — to entertain me.

The signal was strong through to the border with Kansas, and then weaker — disappearing and then reappearing with every dip of the road — all the way to Salina, where I pulled-off for the night.

Maybe in 10 winters, I'll be somewhere else, and rediscover my erstwhile road companion — well, if satellite radio or something new doesn't kill him off altogether.

A Quick Update

So, I'm in Florida... I delivered a car to my friend and his wife. This has been my first cross-country road trip (I'll post more later), and I'm loving it!

Anyway, I'll be back at work Wednesday.