Archive for September, 2008

Inflation is a Bitch

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

As seen plastered all around Dollar Star at Discover Mills in Duluth, GA

Blackberry on ‘Roids?

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Spotted on a Tailgate

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Written in electrical tape on the bumper of a pickup truck somewhere outside of Asheville, NC:
“McCain 4 Crypt Keeper”

Charlotte Interactive Gas Map

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Okay, so apparently this gas shortage isn’t just in every city I’m roadtripping through, it is also in full effect in Charlotte, the city I left Tuesday. Luckily, I am always ready for adventure.
Via the CLT Blog’s Twitter account, here is an interactive gas map for you to mark stations you know have gas [...]

The Great Southbound Gashunt Adventurama

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

The 5 gallons of gas we found in Atlanta yesterday wasn’t going to last long, this is a roadtrip, after all. So we scoped out the stations on the way to visit my sister an hour south of ATL.
Most stations were out; the others had lines that I would consider “prohibitive”. Luckily, we found gas [...]

The Mars Volta in Atlanta, GA

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I thought the Asheville show was good until tonight’s show. They didn’t play an encore and the set list was the same as last night’s (including a bit of a riff in Ghostface’s “Kilo”) but the show was about 30 minutes longer than last night. And everything about it was better.

And Then I Had To Wait In a Gas Line

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

I didn’t realize finding gas in Atlanta was going to be a problem or I would have stopped before hitting Empty in downtown ATL during rush hour. The only station we found with gas was down to 2 working pumps, regular unleaded only, cash only, and had dropped the max limit to 5 gallons. The [...]

Gas Line on the Exit Ramp

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

This is the line for gas at the top of an exit ramp in Asheville, NC today. The line took a right turn at the top and continued for a block before finally disappearing into a gas station that I couldn’t actually see from the top of the ramp. Luckily, we weren’t getting gas.

The Mars Volta in Asheville, NC

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

It was a “short” show, according to a lot of people there but damn it was good.

Mini (Cooper) Wienermobile

Monday, September 22nd, 2008