Moving is a pain. It is also, however, an opportunity to get out there and experience America. This post focuses on an especially fun aspect of this form of travel: doing it cheaply. Contents Movers Pods Box Trucks Pickup and … Continue reading →
I had long been curious about the RV show each winter in Quartzsite, Arizona. I thought that the time might finally have come when I would pay a visit. The problem was, I didn’t have a vehicle at present. As … Continue reading →
(Sent by email, March 21, 2024. This version contains minor edits. The update (below) corrects an apparent error in my reasoning but does not undermine the general message.) Dear Mayor Nirenberg: I have bicycled San Antonio’s trails for years, especially … Continue reading →
On June 25, 2007, I began publishing posts in a Blogger blog called Ray Woodcock’s Latest. Almost exactly five years later, when Google bought Blogger and began to make a mess of it, I transitioned to a new home at … Continue reading →
I’d had good luck making peanut butter cream cheese pies. I decided to branch out. My search led to Veronica’s recipe. I submitted a comment describing my experience, but she didn’t publish it or respond. Possibly she has abandoned her … Continue reading →
We have all heard, by now, that artificial intelligence (AI) will be eliminating large numbers of jobs in the coming years. This graph is representative of those reports: The message of such reports is, often, that the lowest-paid jobs will … Continue reading →
Prepared for a class in my PhD program in leisure studies Indiana University March 29, 2006 I was unfortunately prevented from continuing this line of research. As detailed in another blog, Indiana University terminated my progress toward the leisure studies … Continue reading →
. . Summary This post begins with a search for a form of exercise and transportation that could avoid some of the problems that limited my use of more traditional activities, notably cycling. Based on a review of limitations encountered … Continue reading →
LiveScience (Baker, 2021) shares this photo of traffic lined up at Grand Teton: Just think — that could be you! Waiting hours, being overcharged for everything, not finding vacancies anywhere, spending your day among hordes of rude people. Now, that’s … Continue reading →
Summary Among the ten largest cities in the U.S., San Antonio’s parks performance is below average. It is deeply inferior to some. To improve the quality and availability of parkland for all residents, San Antonio should make the most of … Continue reading →
