Okay!  Made it to San Antonio, emptied the big truck, traded for a little one to take a few final things to Tyler, TX.  Last leg of the road trip, turkey in sight!  Dinner arranged for the college student that stayed at school.  Flying home on Saturday, hoping winter on Orcas is over by then!

Here’s a teaser from Rachel Taylor’s new album . . .

Still going!  About 2.5 inches on a map where 1″ = 100 miles.  San Antonio here we come.  I did have a couple  of short periods where the Verizon mobile internet device received no signal, but since Fort Stockton, it’s working well!

Hope you are staying warm, power on and all shopped up for the Thanksgiving weekend!

News follows.

EVERYBODY IS WATCHING

Unlimited streaming Netflix. . . Red Orbit

More inconvenient truth for Gore? . . .FoxNews

The politics of cel phones. . .Washington Post

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT

A good grumble? . . .DailyMail

Federal aid for ground zero mosque? . . .FoxNews

Newsweek, Obama, Shiva the destroyer and Indian-Americans . . .DailyMail

Saint Louis, America’s most dangerous city? . . DailyMail

IS IT ART?

Ghosts of Amsterdam. . .HowToBeARetronaut

Israel airport security. . .The Star

COSMOS

Before the Big Bang . . .io9.com

THE CLONE WARS

Mitt could win, Palin couldn’t? . . .Christian Science Monitor

Happy Fans of gridlock. . .ABC News

Waters vs. the Ethics Committee. . .The Hill

To sue and be sued. . .DailyMail

Mel vs Oksana ad naseum . . .Daily Mail

Sarah don’t like Katie. . .CNN

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Never too old. . .DailyMail

Texting your 911 call? . . .CNN

San Antonio in our sites!  Have a great day!

Go Vikings!

Greetings from the road! Wandering through Arizona on I-10. Missed the weather all the way down, crossing through the Siskiyous on Friday just in front of the snow.  God is good.  Timing  is everything.  I am enjoying the use of a pay-as-you-go usb modem internet by Verizon.  Everywhere I have turned it on, the Verizon network has been instant and robust.

So, while on the road today, I sampled Rachel Taylor’s new song (Orcas Island’s own. . .) and she is definitely going to be famous!  Her new song, All About Us is amazing.  Playing as He is We, she is signed and touring!  Yay Rachel, you go girl! Click here to hear!  (when you get there, scroll down and click on the player to listen).

Some news?

EVERYBODY IS WATCHING

What if a Pope resigns? . . .Telegraphot

Movie plot black holes?. . .Wired News

Issa wins! . . .DailyMail

Justin Bieber wins. . .DailyMail

Bad boy Tony Parker. . .Daily Mail

FAMILY BUSINESS

More TSA, Children, and invasive search . . .Daily Mail

Remembering JFK. . .CBS News

Clinton on TSA pat downs. . .ABC News

Saudi Royalty Who’s Who. . .Reuters

Dave Barry and TSA . . .NPR

How annoying are we? . . .CNN

Barbara Bush on Sarah Palin. . .DailyMail

Hillary ain’t interested. . .To The Center

THE CLONE WARS

Ireland saved, Wall Street Falls. . .NYTimes

Sarah, Mitt, Mike or Newt. . .LATimes

IS IT ART?

Augusta from Space. . . DailyMail

Super secret spy satellite launched. . .Daily Mail

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

Avoiding Princess depression . . .Daily Mail

Peace protest, Tiananmen Square, and a 13 year old US boy. . . DailyMail

Moles & biological aging. . .DailyMail

Run Bambi Run finishes race. . .Daily Mail

The hair you don’t want. . .Daily Mail

Anti-aging cream and snake oil. . .Daily Mail