3:30pm McLean Gov't Center, VA

My half day off. Errands, dentist and...ta da !...the 90-minute absentee voter line. Better safe than sorry.

- S.F.

Night falls on RIC, 12:30am

It's odd to have the airport looming outside my hotel window.  I feel its sinister gaze following me around my room.  When I close my eyes and listen carefully, I can hear a soft voice calling to me: "Caution, the moving walkway is ending..."

Dawn over Dulles

After getting the red-eye, they took us off again and after an hour put us on another one. And now I'm aback at freaking Dulles.

UAL Flight 44: Departing LAX 10:30pm (pt)

The grim faces of the red-eyed.

- S.F.

Secret Zionist Compound, Simi Valley, CA

And what is this menacing enclave cemented high in the winding foothills above Simi Valley? Ernst Blofeld's California getaway? Nope. it's the Brandeis-Bardin Institute: an ill-defined organization somehow affiliated with what used to be the University of Judaism and is now...something that used to be the University of Judaism.

It's the Fortress of Saul-itude.

- S.F.

6:00pm (pt) Escondido, CA

Goboes on the fly space of the theatre we're appearing at tonight. Whether this is in honor of Halloween or the crowd we usually attract is uncertain.

- S.F.

2:00pm (pt) Comfort Inn, Escondido, CA

A cliche vision of Southern California: Looking through a Spanish arch at a palm tree, a highway, and a mall on a perfect sunny day.

Spotted by Mr. Click

Saviour of the Universe? -GB

5:50am Early morning welding in Bridgeport,CT

Because welds...er...take better in the early morning hours. Or something...

- S.F.

11:00am, Bridgeport, CT

Home of PT Barnum, with whom we have much in common. One of our fans is born every minute.

Despite such historical surroundings, all I can think about is how the Mickey D's across the street combined with the RBS building looming in the background makes me want a McRib. Mmmmm. Plastic meat...

- S.F.

Dawn: Another Moving Experience

A People-Moving Experience, that is! -S.F.

Omaha, Nebraska

Roses are red and violets are blue

 ...sod it. I can't go on. Omaha. 'nuff said. -GB

2:00 pm McLean, VA

And now I'm back at home again,
A shelter from life's shocks.
And do I sing?
And do I play?
No, no: I wash my socks.

On the road again in the am...

- S.F.

8:00am Dallas/Ft. Worth airport

Even on planes we have trouble escaping Texas. It's 8:00am, and we're about to board our second flight of the day. How did they ever get away from here on horses?

-S.F.

5:45am Lubbock Airport, TX

Our accompanist and acknowledged spiritual leader, Dr. Twohandstein, with his new best friend, Jesus. -S.F.

Radisson, Lubbock, TX

Actually it turned out not to be quite nice once we got inside.

Although, yes, that is a check-cashing facility directly across the street. Hey, it's economy, stupid. - S.F.

11:00am Lubbock, TX

You can tell this is the nicest hotel we've been to in weeks. You can also tell, by all of us standing around, that -consequently- they've never heard of us and don't have our names or reservations for us. Thanks, B. -S.F.

7:00am Bush Airport, Houston, TX

There's something magical about the Houston airport in the early hours. Is it the glint of morning sun off of the shiny, dewy fuselages? Is it the cheery down-home banter the local TSA use to hassle you? Is it the friendly roar of Houston's over-employed a/c units, making sure any indoor space is the legally mandated 8° below zero? Is it the fact that you know you're leaving Houston? Wait...I think I put my finger on it. -S.F.

The Lights at Night...are Big and Bright...

...Deep in the Heart of Texas!

Can you spot the parking lot lights in the first picture? How about the second?