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I don't often do these things, but I've been meaning to visualize this anyway. States I've visited:



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I only included places I've been as an adult, mostly because, aside from DC, I just don't remember where I might have visited as a kid. I did include states I can prove I drove through but have absolutely no memory of. (Sorry, West Virginia.) I think I've been to all of these except Florida in the last year.

So I've sketched out a road trip that takes me through Arkansas, Kentucky, DC, New Hampshire, Maine, and Michigan. Alaska's gonna be a pain, though, and Hawaii, well. I hope my car can swim.

sunday times

It's been a long time, hasn't it?

Three op-ed pieces on marriage and the government: Dorothy A. Brown says the government should stop penalizing people for being married. Shari Motro says it should stop penalizing people for being single. And Laura Kipnis pretty much just thinks marriage is a bad idea.

( More serious stuff: Income inequality, nuclear arms proliferation. )

( Less serious stuff: Movie tourism, Philip Pullman theater, namechecks. )