JULY 2019

       

And Just as You’re Adjusted to the New Time Zone, It’s Time to Come Home. Just Kidding.

Since returning home from our miniaturized 2019 Into the Cornfield Tour of the Midwest and environs a couple of weeks ago…

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JUNE 2019

               

Our Man-Bull Beast Goes to the Midwest--Be Careful! Oh Wait, I Meant Mini-Tour, Not Minotaur. Sorry.

We tour America's heartland, a.k.a. the Midwest, every year. Next week we begin an abbreviated version of our annual Into the Cornfield…

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LATE APRIL-MAY 2019

                       

That's, Like, 180 Dog Years.

On April 23rd, 1994, after nearly one year of courtship, Rebecca and I put it in writing at the Chapel of Riverside Church in New York, followed by a spectacular honeymoon in…

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MARCH 2019

               

You'd Help Van Morrison. You'd Help Dick Van Dyke. Now's Your Chance to Help a Regular Van (Okay, Maybe You Wouldn't).

Our lead photo was taken in 2006, a few weeks after driving the Blue Meanie from its…

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FEBRUARY 2019

               

The Problem with February is That If You're Late with Your Newsdumpster, the Next One is Due Way Too Soon.

As our four-month 2019 Further West Tour reached its half-way point, we decided to take a few days…

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JANUARY 2019

               

At Fifteen Years, This is Now the Longest Job Either of Us Has Ever Had, Which is Either Awesome or Pitiful.

The final/first Newsdumpster of 2018/2019 began its life at the emergency room of the Orlando…

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DECEMBER 2018 NEWSDUMPSTER

               

A New Beginning. Not Really--I Just Like How That Sounded.

The Newsdumpster took a month off in order to--well, take a month off. We have also switched newsletter services and transfered our mailing list which is, of…

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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2018

               

Welcome to the new look of the Newsdumpster. Sadly, everything else is the same.

I decided to combine the October and November Newsdumpsters because (1) our old newsletter service ceased operations at the end of September, (2) we…

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  SEPTEMBER 2018

To the Untrained Ear, Baby Frogs Can Sound Confusingly Like Crickets.

We just got back from our 2018 Into the Cornfield Tour of six weeks in Maine and the Midwest, and once again, are delighted…

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AUGUST 2018

Despite its Relatively Small Size, Maine Has a Bigger Lobster Industry Than the Midwest.

Last month, we were so excited about being home that we barely said anyting about our next tour, which started just over a week…

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JULY 2018

Let's Go Surfing! Just Kidding. Let's Go Sitting!

Okay, so we're barely into July and much of North America and northern Europe have been experiencing prolonged high temperatures that can only be described as hot. And while there…

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JUNE 2018

Everyone Has a Slightly Different Accent, Even at Different Times of the Day.

We're delighted to be home from our 2018 Double-Crossing the Pond Tour after four weeks in Great Britain and two in Germany. Before that, we…

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