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Flying Fire and Fireflies
On September - 5 - 2007
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- July 2007 (17)
- 02: The Update (1)
- 04: Security Resistant Terrorists (0)
- 06: Philadelphia – The Good (2)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Bad (1)
- 08: Philadelphia – The Ugly (0)
- 09: Boston Uncommons (0)
- 10: Lancaster…no! Superfuncaster! (1)
- 11: Been There Milked That (0)
- 12: Spare Change (0)
- 13: A Californian in a Connecticut Yankee’s Court (2)
- 16: Which way? Fenway (1)
- 17: Pre-sliced American Cheese (3)
- 23: 66% Hitched (5)
- 25: California Screamin’ (1)
- 26: Comics are for Kids…and Amtrekkers (0)
- 29: Comic Comic Con (10)
- 31: I’m Not a Dad but I Play One on TV (10)
- August 2007 (14)
- 02: One’s Company (3)
- 05: The Podcast Cometh (2)
- 06: Less Than Amazing Race (3)
- 08: Gardening and Entering (8)
- 13: I Got Screwed…The Other Guy Got Nailed (4)
- 16: Niagara Falls…on my head (1)
- 19: Trojan Kayaks (8)
- 20: I Don’t Scream, But I Do Cry. (3)
- 21: Amtrak Mathamagicians (6)
- 22: Ins-N-Outs of Providence (7)
- 27: Boston T Parties (2)
- 28: Beercast?! (5)
- 29: I Love Couch…Not Lamp (3)
- 31: Male PMS (9)
- September 2007 (17)
- 02: I Think The Needle’s Stuck (2)
- 04: God Bless Hamerica (9)
- 05: Flying Fire and Fireflies (4)
- 07: Bee Careful What You Wish For (10)
- 08: Huckleberry Amtrekker (4)
- 11: Train-ed to Destroy (1)
- 13: Mmm…rBGH (3)
- 15: Glidin’ Seek (0)
- 17: No Air Time (6)
- 19: Click it and Ticket (10)
- 20: I hang glid (…hang glided…hang glode?) (9)
- 21: On The Way Down Yonder (4)
- 25: Chatta…who what now? (4)
- 26: #23 Hang gliding! [Podcast] (1)
- 27: Rambling and Ranting (1)
- 28: A Day in the Life (1)
- 29: Click…beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep (2)
- October 2007 (24)
- 01: The Other Orange County (4)
- 02: Tubing down the Chattahoochee! [Podcast] (5)
- 04: Go Fly Zone (8)
- 05: Quick Miami U Update (2)
- 06: Slo-Mo (9)
- 08: If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed? (3)
- 09: #18 Pet a sloth [podcast] (6)
- 11: I Don’t Stand for Pedophiles (6)
- 13: How long?! (7)
- 14: Power Rangers Can’t Putt (5)
- 16: Train Travel FTW (3)
- 17: TASTHIB – Urban Golf [podcast] (8)
- 18: Whose life is it anyway? (1)
- 20: I Swung Danced [video] (5)
- 21: Fish out of water(…and into retaw?) (4)
- 21: #9 – Tales from the Wayback Machine. [podcast] (8)
- 23: The Green Kid (4)
- 25: Broken News (3)
- 25: #39 Motorcycle rally [podcast] (5)
- 27: I Think I Stepped in Knowledge (2)
- 28: Should’ve Listened to Detective Thorn (0)
- 29: I Flunked Hitchhiking [podcast] (7)
- 30: I Will Survive. Hey, Hey. (1)
- 31: Last Minute Costume Idea (3)
- November 2007 (24)
- 01: Which Town? [updated with pictures!] (8)
- 02: All That Jazz (3)
- 03: The Past Colors Memories of the Future (3)
- 03: Color Me Excited (0)
- 04: Mister Rogers Would Be Proud (6)
- 05: Salem, Massachusetts Halloween [podcast!] (3)
- 07: Salute Your Shorts (3)
- 08: Now What? (5)
- 09: Ode to Amtrekker (10)
- 10: You digg it? (2)
- 12: Update (1)
- 13: #47 Tour the Crayola Factory [podcast] (10)
- 15: Lobster Bucket (9)
- 16: Not The Most Beautiful Thing (3)
- 17: Give The Little Guy A Chance (3)
- 19: Enough Wading Already (5)
- 20: #27 Go on a lobster boat [podcast] (8)
- 22: Thanks for Giving (7)
- 23: Aggietrekker (0)
- 24: Fiamingo Family Thanksgiving (1)
- 26: Cranberries and Pennsylvanians [video] (12)
- 28: Just One of Those Days (10)
- 29: Don’t Forget to Smile (3)
- 30: Opposites Attract (8)
- December 2007 (23)
- 01: Impulse vs. Intelligence: Round 1 (2)
- 02: Stupid Grenade (1)
- 03: Beware Rampant Optimism (8)
- 04: Virginia Geocaching [podcast] (1)
- 05: “No, it’s not O.KKK.” (4)
- 07: Rhinestone Cowboys (featuring the anthropomorphic personification of exploding Bedazzlers) (3)
- 08: Quitters Never Prosper (5)
- 09: Bald Knob (for realsies) (6)
- 11: Crater of Mud State Park (4)
- 13: Escape from Arkadelphia (updated with pictures!) (10)
- 13: #15 Hitchhiking! [podcast (finally!)] (4)
- 16: Out of Texas -N- In to a Burger. (3)
- 18: Y’all Come Back Now… (6)
- 19: The Totally Rad Experience (3)
- 20: Show Me…Good People (2)
- 21: #15 Arkansas Crater of Diamonds [podcast] (2)
- 23: California Bum (3)
- 24: Home Is Where the Headache Is (3)
- 25: #46 See a Movie at the Alamo Drafthouse [podcast] (1)
- 26: Udderly Strange Christmas (1)
- 28: Ka-COW! (7)
- 29: More Christmas Jeer (3)
- 31: Paging Butt (2)
- January 2008 (25)
- 01: NYE in NYC (2)
- 02: Extra-Happy Hour (0)
- 02: Talk Show Eating Contest (wait…that sounds wrong) (9)
- 04: Hotdog Television Live (6)
- 06: Little Miss Update (1)
- 07: How-to: Travel on a Dime (1)
- 08: Not Even a Lump (1)
- 10: #22 Be a guest on a talk show BONUS #5 Enter a hotdog eating contest! [podcast] (6)
- 11: Other People’s Adventures (1)
- 12: Where’s Charles Atlas When You Need Him? (8)
- 14: Charley’s Going to Pee Himself (3)
- 15: Macworld Photos (0)
- 16: Stranger in a Same Land (7)
- 17: The Genuine Birthday Blog (2)
- 18: Surprise!!! (4)
- 19: #40 Ride a cow [podcast] (2)
- 20: 200?! (7)
- 22: Paging Mr. Copperfield (1)
- 23: No Cab Fare (7)
- 25: Everybody’s Creepy…Sometimes (1)
- 26: A New Day’s Resolution (9)
- 28: #41 Sandboarding! [podcast] (9)
- 30: Nature’s Plot to Make Me Look Stupid (5)
- 30: Day in the Life – Traveling to SLC [podcast] (8)
- 31: Salt Lake Pretty [updated with pictures] (4)
- February 2008 (22)
- 02: I’m Write (4)
- 04: Fire! (5)
- 04: Vote. (4)
- 06: Sweeping the Empire [updated with pictures!] (7)
- 06: The Land of Infinite Stairs [podcast] (4)
- 07: Hometown Highlights (3)
- 10: Go West Young Man (5)
- 11: The Brain Treadmill (6)
- 13: Amtrekker vs. Fire [podcast] (3)
- 15: Be Wary of VD (2)
- 17: What the?! (3)
- 18: Facing Jail Time (12)
- 19: Yoga and Booboo (2)
- 20: How to: Splash! [TASTHIB - podcast] (6)
- 21: I HATE (5)
- 22: Walk It Off (2)
- 24: “Hey Kettle You’re Looking Kinda…Black” (0)
- 25: The Plan (2)
- 26: Anti-Excitement (1)
- 27: TASTHIB – City Museum – St. Louis, MO [podcast] (3)
- 28: GSU Sampling (7)
- 29: Awesome Delays (2)
- March 2008 (21)
- 02: Super-secret Secret Squirrel (7)
- 03: What’s He Talking About? (7)
- 04: News To Me (1)
- 05: News to Me Inteview [podcast] (6)
- 07: Hashing (6)
- 08: Magic is About to Happen (9)
- 10: Magically Ambitious (4)
- 11: Quarry On (1)
- 12: #24 Be Part of a Stage Illusion [podcast] (4)
- 14: Lowest Highest Point. (3)
- 17: Swamptrekker (4)
- 19: Delayed Gratification (0)
- 20: #34 Scale the Lowest Highest Point in a State [podcast] (4)
- 21: A Beach By Any Other Name…Sucks (2)
- 24: Fishing for Donations (3)
- 25: Those Missing Days (2)
- 26: #45 Swamp Boat Ride With Gators! (6)
- 27: Angel’s Landing (1)
- 28: Where This Man Has Never Gone Before (2)
- 30: Microwave Potatoes (2)
- 31: Amtrekker Spirituality (5)
- April 2008 (24)
- 01: YOU’RE an April Fool! Jerk. (6)
- 03: #44 Fly-Fishing! [podcast] (1)
- 04: Party People (0)
- 05: What’s the Co-Motion? (3)
- 06: C’est La Vie (4)
- 07: The link to the CNN shindig (3)
- 08: Buses, Bums and Me (5)
- 09: The Immortal Words of Lewis Carroll (3)
- 10: Let’s Roller Coaster! (2)
- 11: Anti-Social Security (3)
- 13: Emotional Roller Coaster [completed objective] (2)
- 15: Days You’re Going to Need Time Off! (5)
- 16: #36 Ride the Fastest Roller Coaster in the Country! [podcast] (8)
- 17: Fifty Objective Pickup (0)
- 20: Silly Hat Bachelor Party! [updated with pictures!] (4)
- 21: Marathon Monday (0)
- 22: Marathon Madness (3)
- 23: TASTHIB – Boston Marathon Madness! (2)
- 24: What’s Colbert Hiding? (2)
- 25: How to: Be Interviewed on Good Morning America (11)
- 26: Good Morning Amtrekker (12)
- 28: New News (5)
- 29: Mid-flight Rescues (2)
- 30: Podcast Heads Up (4)
- May 2008 (16)
- 02: Internet Superstar (0)
- 03: #7 See a Live Taping of The Colbert Report! [podcast] (11)
- 06: Cause of Death: Hanging Out (6)
- 07: Viewer Mail Podcast (5)
- 09: Mega-Bust (2)
- 12: The Secret (2)
- 13: Passenger Diversity (1)
- 14: Beards, Blunders and BBQs (16)
- 16: In Transit (1)
- 19: Reenacting War = Enacting Discomfort (6)
- 20: Freezing My Musket Balls Off (8)
- 24: #12 Take Part in a Civil War Reenactment! [podcast] (7)
- 25: My Deliverance from #31 (7)
- 27: Spontaneous Raleigh Likin’ (4)
- 28: Pig Tails…Seriously (5)
- 30: #31 River Kayaking! [podcast] (*video problems fixed*) (1)
- June 2008 (17)
- 01: Less Than Helpful (5)
- 03: Wait…What Month Is It? (1)
- 04: Stuff to Gawk At (3)
- 06: #19 Help Out on a Plantation! [podcast] (6)
- 07: Boring Ol’ News, Exciting New Fun (0)
- 09: I Sailed. I’m a Sailor. I Can Sail Things. (No Big Deal) (6)
- 10: Metal Underpants and Nostalgia (2)
- 11: Bucket List?! (7)
- 13: Go Time (2)
- 13: I’ve Made a Huge Mistake? (2)
- 16: Kiteboarding! (4)
- 18: #16 Learn to Sail! [podcast] (6)
- 21: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine (7)
- 23: Pseudo-sport Olympics (13)
- 25: Toxic Stupidity Spill (0)
- 27: Greenie Green?! (4)
- 29: #29 Drive a Race Car! (6)
- July 2008 (15)
- 01: “Food” Stops (5)
- 02: #17 Kiteboarding! [podcast] (6)
- 03: Thank You (8)
- 04: Anniversary Sonnet (4)
- 09: The Grandest of Holes in the Ground (6)
- 11: The Wonderful World of Greyhound (3)
- 14: Assault on Miners (5)
- 16: #29 Drive a race car! [podcast] (5)
- 18: #25 Be in a Movie! (3)
- 21: The Day the Universe Decided to Punish Me (1)
- 22: Geocaching Attack! (0)
- 24: Frank’s Fort (1)
- 27: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! (10)
- 30: Charley Update (1)
- 31: La Dreamer and Stone Face: A Love Story (5)
- August 2008 (14)
- 01: #50 Hike to the Bottom of the Grand Canyon! [podcast] (3)
- 03: Get Well Charley (2)
- 08: Lake Shasta Shenanigans (2)
- 10: Hugfest 2008 (1)
- 11: Welcome to Crazytown. Population: Me (4)
- 12: Charley’s Malaise (3)
- 16: Ore-GONE! (0)
- 19: Where Oh Where Has My Amtrekker Gone… (0)
- 20: New Occupation: Used Car Salesman? (8)
- 22: Wholesale Slaughter (3)
- 25: #3 Sleep in a Lighthouse! [podcast] (2)
- 28: Nightmares (6)
- 29: Is Horse Feed Really a Good Idea Anyway? (5)
- 30: Disaster Looms (0)
- September 2008 (13)
- 01: What a Tangled Web We’ve Woven (2)
- 03: Baby Changes (0)
- 04: Disneylanding (3)
- 06: “Moonshinery 2008″ Update (0)
- 07: I Crashed an Ostrich (6)
- 09: #42 Ride an Ostrich! [podcast] (8)
- 11: American Rail Passes…FOR AMERICANS! (1)
- 14: Back on the Train (3)
- 16: Set Your Calendars! (3)
- 21: Pinko Commie Crops (4)
- 24: Crop Circling (4)
- 28: Stylish Dead Folks (0)
- 30: #13 Race Dirtbikes! [*updated with pictures!*] (2)
- October 2008 (14)
- 04: Uncertain Times (2)
- 06: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 1 (4)
- 08: Dirty Minds (4)
- 11: Life of Brian (0)
- 13: #28 SCUBA Diving in the Atlantic! [*updated with pictures!*] (4)
- 14: Not Safe For PETA (6)
- 17: The Daily Buzz (1)
- 20: Death of the Dog? (1)
- 22: Instructions (0)
- 22: Auditions for Icabod Crane (2)
- 24: Bad News is Good? (0)
- 26: The End. (kinda) [pictures later] (7)
- 28: Party People (0)
- 31: Hey, Amtrekker! WTF (2)
- November 2008 (5)
- 03: Halloween Raid (0)
- 09: #2 Ride a Horse Through a Covered Bridge [podcast] (1)
- 12: Wolfe Manor (0)
- 24: A Night in Wolfe Manor [photos by CJ Johnson!] (1)
- 29: Iron Katy (0)
- December 2008 (4)
- 04: Stories Behind Stories (3)
- 14: #14 Make Moonshine Pt. 2 (4)
- 20: The First Four (3)
- 31: The Next Four (5)
- January 2009 (2)
- 02: A NEW List?! (10)
- 21: My Life as a Vegan (4)
- February 2009 (1)
- 25: 2009 Travel Blogger Awards (3)
- March 2009 (2)
- 06: Ghost Hunting at Wolfe Manor! [video] (3)
- 30: The Streamys! (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- 04: New Intro! (3)
- 07: Amtrekker: TALES FROM THE VAULT Premiere! (1)
- 18: A Popsicle is Better Than a Kick in the Ribs (3)
- 19: Latest Episode (1)
- July 2009 (1)
- 14: Geek Cred (2)
- August 2009 (3)
- 13: Road Trippin’ (3)
- 14: Road Trippin’ Day 2 (2)
- 25: Weird Things and Bigfeet (0)
- September 2009 (3)
- 02: Past Brett vs. Future Brett (6)
- 03: Northern Northern California (1)
- 05: Rubber Bands, Crustaceans and a Guest (0)
- October 2009 (1)
- 01: Arrestable Offense (2)
- November 2009 (4)
- 10: Meeting the Amazing Randi (3)
- 11: I hate Best Buy (1)
- 16: Cruise Overview (in haiku) (0)
- 22: A Few Rambling Thoughts on Cruising (3)
- December 2009 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- 09: Amtrekker’s Newest Adventure! (0)
Hey Team,
It’s been a HUGE week. #30, 33, and 38 all down the metaphorical drain! I’ve got a story about #33 all lined up for tomorrow. But today, for your viewing enjoyment, is a little video we’ll call “Mission: Firefly!” Enjoy.
Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player.
And here’s the link if the video gives you wacky PCs any trouble.
Okay, looks like my work here is done!
Brett.
Want to keep living vicariously? I know what you could do!
Don’t let me stop you.
- Beards, Blunders and BBQs - 16 comments
- Pseudo-sport Olympics - 13 comments
- Cranberries and Pennsylvanians [video] - 12 comments
- Facing Jail Time - 12 comments
- Good Morning Amtrekker - 12 comments