Archive for September, 2009
Rubber Bands, Crustaceans and a Guest
- 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,
Today’s post wasn’t written by me. Instead, the story of Beaumont comes from Christine S. a.k.a. The Brass Bunny. Thanks for the help, Christine! If you’re looking for the explanation for what the heck is going on here…click here.
Now, all that’s left for me to do is to step out of the limelight.
I’m done.
Brett.
Crustaceans and Rubber bands
by Christine S. a.k.a The Brass Bunny
My friend lives in Maine. That’s right Maine, the place that ass kisses Canada and where
the image of abundant seafood and lonely men come to mind. But this short tale is not about lonely men on a fishing boat finding love. Nay! This is about seafood dammit! More precisely about a rather unbelievably large lobster named Beaumont.
In my mail one day came this package. I was not expecting a package and I was wary. My first instinct was to think it was a bomb. Hey, I’m an irrational hermit who jumps to such conclusions. Needless to say I managed, before the blind panic set in, to look at who sent it. I was relieved to find it was from my friend in Maine. He had sent me a surprise. He had sent me, you guessed it, a giant ass lobster.
Now, I am not sure why he had sent me this or why he thought he should but he did. More intriguing though was the note I found attached to the lobster, who was also wearing a tiny top hat. Note is as follows:
Hey,
Thought you would enjoy this very big lobster my friend Tim caught the other day.
Tim was so surprised when he caught it that he had to take a picture of it. Tim is stupid like that.
Anyway, he took the picture before banding him and in the course of posing with the lobster, and don’t ask me how, one of the claws grabbed his pecker.
Yep, thing had a vice grip on his crotch like you wouldn’t believe. Thankfully, we got a picture of it, I put a copy of it in with the lobster.
We managed to get the lobster off him without damaging the claw, which is the best meat in my opinion.
Tim had to have a few stitches and has, so I hear, one hell of a bruise. Guess that will teach him that God made rubber bands for a reason.
Anyway, he let me have the “cursed thing” as he puts, Tim is also a drama queen. Well, I hope you enjoy it he is a big one.
P.S. By “big one” I mean the lobster, not Tim’s penis.
P.P.S. Oh, and I named him Beaumont, again the lobster, not the penis.
So, my friend in Maine decided, in his infinite wisdom, to send me this mammoth sized, penis pinching lobster. Not only that but to dress it in a top hat and give it a name. I don’t know if this was the proper motivation need to convince me to consume the beast. But, who am I to pass up free giant sized lobster anyways? Nobody with pride, that’s for sure. So I sent my friend back an email thanking him:
Hi -
Beaumont was a fine and tasty lobster. We ate like kings. All appendages spared. Enjoyed the picture, its on my fridge. Tim is kind of cute, is he single?
Later – C.
Northern Northern California
- 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)
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Hey Team,
Here’s another little guest post treat to hold you over. This one is comparing Portland to Seattle as a result of the recent road trip. Feel free to leave a comment or two over at the Amateur Traveler site.
Here’s the link
And don’t forget about yesterday’s post!
I’m done.
Brett.
Past Brett vs. Future Brett
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- 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,
Here’s the thing about how I write posts for Amtrekker now days. I usually get an idea while I’m in the middle of doing something else that I can’t just drop so, like a respectable and professional writer, I whip out my trusty notebook, jot down a few lines and open up a Word document first chance I get. The trouble is, it seems Future Brett never speaks the same language as Past Brett.
Case in point: The only line I gave myself to go off of for this post was two words long. It said, “Rubber bands.” It’s even underlined. So…apparently there’s something that Past Brett really wants to say about rubber bands.
I’ve been wracking my brain for the last two days trying to figure out what the heck I was trying to tell myself. The only clues I have are:
1) I know where I was and what I was doing when I wrote the note and
2) I know it has something to do with travel.
As much as I love the movie Memento…this is kind of pissing me off.
That said, I suppose it could be worse. I once wrote myself a note that said:
Q: Why is he dead?
A: Crustaceans.
I would LOVE to know what that was supposed to be about. Whatever the thought behind that was I bet Past Brett was really proud of it and couldn’t wait to share it with the world.
In fact! I’m so curious, if someone wants to write me a post that would fit in with either of those notes I would be more than happy to put it up on the site as a featured guest post! That’s a great idea! This could be really fun! Send me your story (it doesn’t have to be long…I try to keep my stuff under 500 words) by Friday and I’ll pick out the best ones and let the world see what could have been!
Maybe with the help of Present You, Past Brett will finally get his message out!
I’m done.
Present Brett.
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