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There are four tickets to today's Cleveland Browns game sitting right in front of me. My dad was supposed to use them to entertain a pot...

If you arrived here by following the link from the Aimless video page, please leave a comment about the Dumpster Diving video.

If you've ever been curious to see what the dumpster diving footage in the Quasi-Aimless trailer is all about, here you go . Five minute...

If you arrived here by following the link from the Aimless video page, please leave a comment about the Collier County Sheriff video.

Here's a brand new video . It is still a pretty rough edit, and it will probably remain a rough edit, although there are some things I t...

This is pretty cool. Duke Dewey ( pic ) is a guy I know from Yellow Springs. Before I knew him, he was just a familiar face at Dino's Ca...

Don't everyone jump at once to comment on the revised trailer. Kinda makes me want to spend hours and hours every day editing more video...

If you arrived here by following the link from the Aimless video page, please leave a comment about the Quasi-Aimless trailer .

Even if you've already watched the Quasi-Aimless trailer, I hope you'll do me a favor and watch Part 1 again (only as far as the ...

Since returning home, I've struggled with a severe lack of motivation, which I can't explain. But recently I've managed to get m...

This is really funny, especially if you are familiar with Peyton Manning's public demeanor. I think it is from Saturday Night Live. (Emb...

Beep... Beep... Beep... Back it on in, Buckeyes!!! All the way to New Orleans. -- Aimless The Quasi-Aimless Trailer You can contact me at 61...

I just finished watching Tape 18 and began watching Tape 19. Tape 19 begins on the night of May 20, 2007, with the Everglades on fire. In ca...

If you have not seen the movie Idiocracy , see it now. There is a whole bunch of stuff I want to say about it, but I'll just quote some ...

From Yahoo News: Red Hot Chili Peppers sue Showtime over series . I haven't read this article, nor do I plan to read it, because... give...

So Barry Bonds has been indicted and it sounds like there is a good chance he'll end up spending some time in prison. For what? For alle...

As I've mentioned before, one of this blog's regular readers is a young aspiring professional golfer named Luke Swilor . Luke spent ...

For those of you who sometimes communicate with me via e-mail, I have a new personal e-mail address. It's the initials of my first name ...

Has anyone seen this yet? It's a bunch of asshole Penn State frat boys throwing full beer cans at Ohio State fans last Saturday before t...

I haven't said much the last couple weeks because I can't keep up with my brain. So many thoughts. So many distractions. So much piz...

Remember the girl who gave me the ride to Big Sur? The actress, Jaclyn (Jackie) DeSantis? Well, if you want to see who she is, IMDB says TBS...

-- Aimless The Quasi-Aimless Trailer If you'd like to contact me, call me at 614-738-3867 .

Now is a good time to stray from all the negativity of late, so I'll respond to Lew 's comment from the previous post. First I said:...

OK, I have read all or most of the comments, and I think I "get it" now: Every time I thank someone for their kindness, it actuall...

My mom and dad had tickets to the Ohio State football game Saturday, so I planned to meet them sometime after the game and ride home with th...

PART 1: The Springfield PD responded to a call this morning from Southgate Baptist Church ("A Place to grow"). Apparently a disgus...

I made it to C-bus early this afternoon. Lots to say about this morning. I'll try to get to all of it sometime today.

I'm leaving YSO. Gonna camp near Springfield tonite, try 2 get 2 OSU tomorrow, then camp outside Ohio Stadium and go home w/ my folks af...

I finally got out of the Lebanon Flying J and I'm now walking south on US 68 to Yellow Springs. I hope someone offers a ride within a fe...

I will say more about Washington whenever I get to a computer again, probably when I get home. I don't think I've had access to a co...

Last night I figured out one of Flying J's inhumane corporate policies: Throw out tons of perfectly good food every day, ESPECIALLY if t...

A waitress at this Flying J tried to lay some kind of God trip on me, then offered nothing when they threw away dozens of lbs of buffet food...

For those of you who don't know, "blackout" refers to the idea that Purdue fans were supposed to wear black to the game Saturd...

Surely someone has already called me a bigot for what I said about truckers. I don't care; I'm just the messenger. --> I received...

Most white truckers are at least *kinda* bigoted--even those who are otherwise likeable--and I'm really sick of hearing all the hateful ...

I made it to Gary, Indiana @ 3:00. Got a shower & now I need to find $$ for laundry & food. Too busy to say much now. More whenever ...

I'm finally out of Gretna, but not with the driver I expected; he's still there. I'm camping in Des Moines but will be in NW Ind...

I'm still at the Flying J in Gretna, Nebraska. Yesterday morning, when I wasn't really awake yet, I heard someone outside the tent s...

PART 3: At Husky Stadium I learned from Buckeyeman that my Portland buckeye is actually a chestnut. He then gave me a real buckeye. --> M...

You may wonder why Travis is still in Iowa. You thought he was going to Texas a couple days ago, right? Well, his truck broke down right aft...

I drew up a sign yesterday morning that read: "HE NEEDS TO BE IN RENO ASAP," with an arrow pointing to my right. I planned to fly ...

PART 2: As I bobbed and weaved through the maze of cars, RVs, and football fans, a small group of Buckeye supporters planted an OSU window f...

We hit SLC y-day. If I'd stayed w/Jo, I'd already be where Travis is heading (Texas). He just found out today, tho. Trying to coordi...

I woke up outside Husky Stadium pretty early on 9/15. There were already a handful of UDub fans setting up their tailgating operations in an...

After getting off the train in Seattle on September 14, Dave Treadwell invited me to join him in a cab to his hotel. He probably would have ...

PART 2: Early yesterday afternoon I received my first ride offer from a lady trucker, Jo. I immediately told her I was trying to help anothe...

We're in Ogden, Utah. We? Yeah, WE are in Ogden. I've been hanging with a guy named Chuck since Friday night. Friday evening I was w...

PART 2: After I responded, "Insomnia?," my fellow Amtrak passenger countered, "That's it!" He then said he used to f...

My face looks familiar to a lot of people. I can't tell you how many people have approached me over the years and asked, "Don't...

Now that I've finished my rant, I'll share some related thoughts. First, the broken tent pole was not the reason I almost called it ...

I got a new tent Thursday--the REI Half Dome 2 HC--and it's nice. At 90 inches long, I can actually fit in it. Plus it's like 52 inc...

PART 6: Now that I've suggested that one or two of this blog's readers may be ungrateful for what I've given them, let me make s...

PART 5: And how about you, "Mugen" (or whatever you call yourself)? A couple months ago you commented about how ungrateful I was a...

I just read an article in the newspaper about college football coaches being paranoid that people are spying on their practices. An excerpt:...

PART 4: The person accusing me of being ungrateful needs to take a look in the mirror. How grateful are you for the entertainment I provide?...

I'm at REI in Boise. Parts 4 & 5 should be up later today. So much 2 say about the last week. (Hint: Don't expect any more Aimle...

PART 3: Yes, there are a few people who have assisted me during this journey to whom I don't feel grateful: Father Winter, Jan Gee, Mark...

PART 2: When Kristin offered me a ride to Seattle, I told her right away that someone else had already offered to put me on a train that aft...

When I said the other day that I'm quitting, I wasn't kidding. I had every intention to go home and stay home, regardless of the sup...

My tent just broke. I quit; I'm going home. To the people who think I've been ungrateful, screw you. You have no idea what gratitude...

I haven't been able to read this blog's comments in a while because I've been too busy walking 1,000 miles and generally trying ...

I debated for a couple hours about what I should do regarding my mode of travel, but I successfully met my contact at Union Station today, a...

It looks like I'm in good shape, in terms of making it to Seattle today. I now have a solid backup plan that'll get me there if I so...

I like Portland; it felt like home from the moment I arrived. In saying 'home,' I don't mean the place where my bed is; I mean b...

I expected to be on a train to Seattle this afternoon, but I'm still in Portland. In order to have gotten on the train, I was supposed t...

Yesterday at 4:00 or 5:00 PM, near the downtown Portland library, I turned my head and saw a pretty twentysomething girl walking toward me, ...

I don't like how I behave when I drink, even though I don't get drunk. I now wish I hadn't consumed those 3 beers in the hours b...

Luke Swilor is on his way here from Eugene right now (3:45) and should be here within the next half-hour or so, having unfortunately missed ...

I don't think I will continue the previous post because it's just too negative-sounding. For the record, I consider myself in debt t...

I think yesterday was my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad. --> I left Mark's house yesterday because he is one of those people...

Lots to say right now but so many other things to do, so check out Mark's web site . -- Aimless The Quasi-Aimless Trailer If you'd l...

This just occurred to me (several hours ago): Lew, you would love the Pacific Northwest; there are a million different beers here, many of t...

I think I'm now in a suburb of Portland; I'm on the edge of Troutdale and Wood Village, OR, a mile or less from Washington. Mom, thi...

#1 - Got any weed? OK, that's probably not actually the question people ask me most frequently, but it's close. I've been walkin...

I was just thinking: If the US Constitution doesn't mean anything anymore, then neither do any of our laws. So go break some laws while ...

(Pictured: Kathy & Frank at The Meet Market.) Upon finishing my salmon & shrimp, I dumped a little cash into one of the 6 Oregon Lot...

It's now clear why my backpack has become so burdensome lately: The thing weighs 66 lbs! Well, it did yesterday morning, anyway. Fortuna...

While watching football at The Stag, I began talking to a nice 61-year-old woman named Kathy. She told me about her son Michael, who has tra...

After several miles of walking Friday, a guy named Geneo ("Gino") pulled up behind me and offered me a ride to Redmond. In Redmond...

This is weird: The picture I thought my phone deleted is back. Also, the berries I thought were raspberries are actually blackberries... Jac...

College football begins in 1 hour and 15 minutes! (Of course, after the way Ohio State got destroyed in last year's national championshi...

I can't believe this just came to me last night, but Aimless would make a freakin' awesome cartoon. It could be based on my real exp...

Sometimes I get tired of trying to update this blog on such a regular basis. Sometimes I get tired of hoping the Aimless word will spread. S...

I can't remember how I found this (especially so soon), but I thought it was pretty cool that someone I don't know had something to ...

Wednesday evening, shortly after I arrived in Bend, Jack Sherman drove downtown to pick me up and begin playing host to me. Jack is a World ...

A mile or two closer to Bend from Albertson's, a weird thing happened: I guess I heard something that made me think of the beginning of ...

...OK, so I found a bench where I could sit down and draw up a sign reading: "Please help a hungry traveler get some food. Thank you....

You knew this was coming: No one who reads this blog owes me anything. There's no doubt I need a lot of new gear, and I wish y'all c...

I'm in Eugene, Oregon.

Part 2: Does this blog entertain you? Do you anticipate that the documentary "Aimless" will entertain you? Well, how bad do you wa...

Part 1: My feet hurt with every step I take because the tread on my shoes is mostly gone. I have to sleep curled up in a fetal position ever...

I'm in a redwood forest near Redway, California. I've walked 446 miles since beginning Aimless Leg 2. I saw a dead bear two or three...