S & M and Carl Sagan in the U.S.A.

 October 7, 2013 I don’t like change. And I don’t like goodbyes. My sentimental side rears its ugly head far too often, and that is why we said a very quick goodbye at the Denver airport this morning. Upon checking in and laboriously making my way through the enormous airport to my gate, I chose […]

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What Would Jew Do

 October 6, 2013 8am, Downs, Kansas: None of the three restaurants listed in the 2009 guide is open, so we eat some stuff from Claudia’s care package and head towards Lebanon, where the geographic center of the continental U.S. is located. We presume it will be a great monument in a national park populated with […]

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The Rolling Wagon of Foolishness

 Oct. 5, 2013 8:30am, Memphis, TN: First stop (other than the gas station, where there was a sign above the door that said, “Eat yourself”… not kidding) is Sun Studios, the birthplace of rock n’ roll. We decide to be cheap and not blow the twelve bucks for a tour. We use the bathroom, take […]

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On The Road

Oct.4, 2013 2pm, Spartanburg, South Carolina: I sneak out of school early to Melanie’s awaiting car, weighed down so heavily by her belongings that it looks as if the bottom is going to scrape the ground as soon as we pass the speed bump leaving the parking lot. I immediately notice that it handles like […]

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Goodbye, Roommate #2

October 3, 2013 It is the last night Melanie will spend in this house, with us, Gamma Gamma Gimmel, the Jewish sorority. I am sad. Anyone who has read my books knows I have a very hard time saying goodbye. My sentimental side rears its ugly head, and I dissolve into a weepy, nostalgic mess. […]

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Upon Turning 40

 October 2, 2013 It is no coincidence that I began my first book, Living in Yen: How Not to Move to Japan Gracefully, with the sentence, “I celebrated my thirtieth birthday at the NuWay, the best little seedy bar in town.” Today I begin my new blog. Today is my fortieth birthday. It was ten […]

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