Archive - Planes Trains & Automobiles

Gassing Up

As I stood there and watched the digital numbers creep up past $70, I could not help but be thankful that I was not at one of those older-style pumps at which all of the numbers click as they rapidly spin to their final destination. No one spoke, no eye contact was made, even [...]

Airplane to H-E Double Hockey Sticks

Yesterday I embarked on my journey back to the west. You would think, even as an inexperienced passenger, that a Monday, early in the evening, would be a decent choice in hopes of avoiding all of the family-style travelers. To add some clarity, this classification does not include the parents with well-behaved children [...]

Quickie

This is going to be a quickie seeing as my laptop is rapidly losing battery (I have already used it for 4+ hours on the plane doing some things in photoshop related to Save-a-Bull) and my grandparents should soon be arriving from Florida. Right now I am sitting at their arrival gate, eating a [...]

I Love Franklin

I am getting ready to head back to Pennsylvania for the weekend to attend a wedding, and one of the most important things I need to remember to bring along with me is my buddy Franklin. You see, Franklin is what is called EVDO or Mobile Broadband, and his little USB dongle body is [...]

100 Posts, Here’s to 100 More!

Today, not-withstanding my Christmastime blogging break, I am writing my 100th post as the Startup Fiance. Given that I usually spend roughly 30 minutes writing, editing, and publishing each post, I have now officially spent at least 50 hours perfecting my literary craft; I think 50 hours is a gross understatement, but is not [...]