Dave Pritchard suggests that the Lord of the Rings is an allegory for the quest for a Ph.D. Funny. The end strikes a chord: “While his friends return to settling down and finding jobs and starting families, Frodo remains in limbo; finally, along with Gandalf, Elrond and many others, he joins the brain drain across [...]
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The Perfect Vehicle
From The Perfet Vehicle, by Melissa Holbrook Pierson: At percisely this moment someone, somewhere, is getting ready to ride. . . . The key is slipped into the ignition at the top of the stearing head. Then the rider swings a leg over the seat and sit but keeps the weight on the balls of [...]
Long Way Round
I finished watching “Long Way Round” this evening. Though I wish they had spent some more time highlighting the U.S., the seven episode series was very well done. Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman rode 20,000 miles from London to New York City, though Mongolia and Siberia on a pair of BMW R 1150 GS motorcycles. [...]
Motorcycle First
It was like flying. I know that’s probably a cliché that all young bikers think about, but it was as close to flying as I think I will ever get on my own. Even sitting behind Terry as he opened up the throttle, I felt a nervous excitement, close to the giddiness that one might [...]
