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Around
\n 48 hours before leaving on a major trip, the On the Road Mode kicks in.
\n The On the Road Mode is an altered, heightened
\n state of consciousness, typified by a slew of altered perceptions and
\n awareness designed to both take advantage of the opportunities to see
\n and experience new stuff, and to protect against the myriad dangers and
\n potential disasters that confront the traveler. These dangers are exponentially
\n increased when one travels outside of the United States.<\/p>\n
We are there now. Our mind is a series of lists and mental memory tags. The reason this state of consciousness is so refreshingly different *******<\/p>\n We should be able to blog throughout our trip, first in Florida where *******<\/p>\n I expect to be contributing to, and commenting on, the Blogging 101 ******* <\/p>\n Why is it that some days the morning paper has 8 or *******<\/p>\n Maybe this trip will be a chance to finish up some of the dozen or so Stay tuned for further developments….\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Around 48 hours before leaving on a major trip, the On the Road Mode kicks in. The On the Road Mode is an altered, heightened state of consciousness, typified by a slew of altered perceptions and awareness designed to both … Continue reading
\n Things to do before we leave. Stuff to buy. Things to remember
\n to pack, and in some cases how<\/em> to pack. A certain low grade
\n creative paranoia reigns, a constant sense of self and possessions (kind
\n of a drag, that), a
\n self-contained focus which cannot be dropped, even for a moment, even
\n when blind drunk, stoned or stunned by consecutive hours of cramped travel.<\/p>\n
\n and addictive (at least for us) is that the longer we stay in one place
\n and settle into a comfortable routine, the more minor details about our
\n situation
\n and
\n surroundings
\n we filter out, block as uninteresting or unworthy of attention, in order
\n to free up our higher brain to ponder such important affairs as the NCAA
\n basketball brackets, the comparative advantages of various bit torrent
\n clients, or that weird sound coming from our right front wheel well.
\n Hitting the road is like waking up from a long, dreamy semi-sleep, and
\n it clears
\n out the mental crud that accumulates like the lint and cat hairs in our
\n keyboard.<\/p>\n
\n we hope to find wi-fi hotspots, then in Ecuador and Peru, where we will
\n have to rely on cyber cafes and probably eschew graphics for a couple
\n of weeks.<\/p>\n
\n WIKI<\/a>, which is in the process of whipping up a series of super-simple
\n Getting Your First Posting Up video tutorials up for various blogging
\n platforms.<\/p>\n
\n 10 bloggable stories, and other days there’s nary a one? Is it in the
\n nature of the news, or our state of mind, or a combination of the two?<\/p>\n
\n longer postings we have in various states of gestation. If we were more
\n organized we would preposition some graphics on the server so we can
\n just plop them into postings from the road.<\/p>\n