I spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this week driving across America. With my road-buddy Don by my side (mostly sleeping), I guided a hybrid Honda Civic from Minneapolis, MN to Austin, TX. It’s a trip of 1,170 miles, which we made nonstop as per usual. Thanks to having to work on the day I left, I wound up being awake for 41 hours straight. Thankfully, I’ve finally gotten some sleep, and have regained my powers of coherent speech.
This year, the trip was mostly uneventful. There was 100% less raccoon slaughter. The air conditioning system of the car remained intact for the entire trip. We found an IHOP in Oklahoma City with relatively little trouble.
We did, however, find a lot of tacky gas station gifts on this trip. Behold: the Great American Tour de Tacky!
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I get the origins of most of kitsch, but the cabbage dog baffles me. Time to jump into the Google Machine, Sherman.
Oh my – you can buy cabbage puppy on Amazon. Apparently the manufacturer (Enesco) has a whole catalog of similar madness: http://www.amazon.com/Home-Grown-Enesco-Cabbage-Figurine/dp/B003KWJ7IQ
HOLY BONKERSHIT, BATMAN.