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Travel Writing Contest

A couple weeks ago, I entered a travel writing contest. I knew that the format was slightly flawed to begin with–the story with the highest user rating wins. While they did limit the number of votes per (computer? IP address?) to one, it was still a system asking to be abused, just as the IgoUgo…November 28, 2007 / 1 Comment / Read More

And…I Ran Over a Snake

Well, even if I am not really updating in a timely manner, we did, in fact, make it to Austin. We had a blast following Google Maps’ directions and finding out that they led us in a huge loop around Austin, at least doubling the time to our original destination (Enchanted Rock)…so we ended up…November 23, 2007 / No Comment / Read More

Off to Austin

Well, tomorrow it’s off to Austin for Tiffany and me. Do I have time to be heading off to Austin for the weekend? Possibly not, but I’m going anyway. We won’t be going camping like we originally planned (apparently, the second weekend in November is the time to go camping in Texas), but we’ll still…November 8, 2007 / No Comment / Read More

Ugo! Awards 2007

When I went to IgoUgo yesterday, I was really excited to see that I’ve been nominated for the Road Less Traveled Journal Award in the 2007 Ugo! Awards (IgoUgo’s annual writing and photography awards). If you’ve read my Three Peaks Challenge: 36 Hours of Madness journal (which, as the name says, describes my Three Peaks…November 1, 2007 / No Comment / Read More

The Beginning

Well, welcome to my new website. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my old domain–stomps.org–back because some company decided to buy it up after I stopped renewing my registration, so I’ve moved to this domain instead. The main reason I felt like I should get this domain (instead of using my old blog at BootsAll was really…November 1, 2007 / No Comment / Read More