Category Archives: Travel

More Sausage Racers

Posted on October 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Our correspondent AidanAbroad blogged about Milwaukee’s strange tradition of Sausage Racing at Brewer’s games. Check it out here. His iPhone couldn’t get a good zoom, though. A quick trip around the internet solves that. Here are the sausages getting ready to…uhhh…race!

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Sunset at the Minneapolis Airport.

Posted on October 1, 2011 by | Leave a comment

I caught a gorgeous sunset from the giant windows of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport while I was waiting for my flight to Fargo the other day. The Land of 10,000 Lakes is home to some pretty spectacular sights. More on that soon…
-AidanAbroad

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Today in Phallic Architecture: Torre Agbar in Barcelona

Posted on September 28, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The soaring Torre Agbar in Barcelona was purportedly inspired by the geysers of Montserrat, a nearby mountain. It has attracted a number of racy nicknames, including “el supositori” or…the suppository. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and opened in 2005. For more phallic architecture, click here.

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Biker Dude in Redding

Posted on July 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Biker dude (with Masonic Bikers colors), filling up at a gas station on Sunday morning in Redding, CA.

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Indonesian Shutter-bug Monkeys shoot Themselves!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by | 2 comments

When photographer David Slater turned his back on his photo gear while shooting wildlife in Indonesia’s Sulawesi National Park, he never expected that the local crested black macaques would take over the shoot. But they did. Or did they? Some doubt it. Slater insists that the photos are genuine, but does admit to rotating and cropping them for effect. Expect these photos to show up in a camera marketing campaign soon: “So simple a Monkey can use it” via Guardian UK. More here.

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Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Indonesia, Photography, Strange News, Travel

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Fucking Elephants! Really…

Posted on July 3, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Ah, the thrills and occasional spills of exotica tourism. Animals do what they do, and DNA just wants to make more DNA. When these tourists decided to ride the elephants, they weren’t counting on the bull climbing on board!

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A hot geyser in the snow

Posted on June 16, 2011 by | Leave a comment

A hot geyser (or gay-sir, as my Icelandic friends insist is the correct pronunciation) in snowy Lassen National Park today. Brown bubbles and sulfuric steam… a good detour.
-AidanAbroad

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Lassen National Park: Road Closed Due to Snow…in June!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Just thought I’d share this pic from my attempted camping trip. June 15 and snow closures in the park!
-AidanAbroad

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Fruit Stand in Winters, CA

Posted on June 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

On a road trip… Peaches and cherries are in season.
-AidanAbroad

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Other Blogs: Other Sheep go on a Caribbean Cruise.

Posted on May 5, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Left to right: Jose Ortiz, Jonathan Chavez, and Steve Parelli West coast of St. Lucia, Thursday, April 21, 2011.

Other Sheep is an organizational blog about “faith and LGBT concerns worldwide.” Run by long-time partners Rev. Steven Parelli and Mr. Jose Ortiz, Other Sheep recently returned from a nine-day cruise through the Caribbean. Rev. Parelli reflects on what has changed (and what has not) since he was a closeted Baptist teenager on Martinique in 1970. To read the Other Sheep travelogue, click here. For a big evangelical coming-out party, unrelated to Other Sheep, click here.

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