I am Jack’s raging bile duct.

February 28, 2012
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It’s strange to live someone else’s life.  Nothing is more intimate than truly letting someone into your home…into every drawer…every cubby…every closet.  A real snapshot of who you are.  The things you’re blind to.  The things you obsess about.  The things you hide.  I can’t even begin to tell you how many strap-ons I’ve found [...]

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Nomadic Airbnb Winter Adventures

February 18, 2012
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I couldn’t have picked a better winter to have ambulance journeys!  The weather has been relatively mild in terms of snow, but there have still been days of bitter cold.   Is it possible to make things work in 20 degree weather?  Yes, but to shake things up I decided to have some fun with [...]

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My Digs – Interior “Before” Video

October 31, 2011
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Cue rock music. Cue zooming in and out the exterior of my digs. Cue me casually opening the side ambulance door…dressed in my Sunday’s best…faking surprise, “Oh hey! Come on in.” Alright. Between running around this weekend trying to find snow solutions (Yes, it snowed. *pauses* *gives grumpy face* *folds arms* S-N-O-W-E-D) and work, I [...]

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Operation Baked Potato

October 27, 2011
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Winter is looming.  Who needs a fridge when you live in a giant metal box that is already 50 degrees?  Solutions needed….so I ventured out last night on an emergency “holy-fuck-it-was-cold-last-night” mission…watch the video to see what I came up with. Enjoy! Forgive my tablet video making kindergartenish style. This is the best I can [...]

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A Generous Display of Ignorance

October 9, 2011
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Pssst…this is the part where you help me figure my gadgets out.  I understood the basic concepts in my undergraduate electrical engineering class to the same degree that Jessica Simpson can explain the difference between tuna and chicken. I feel as if I’ve purchased a brand new Apple MacBook Pro, but I barely know how [...]

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Forced to be Informed

October 8, 2011
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I’ve been sick and temperatures hit below 40 degrees for the first time this season, I had to push myself to not high tail it to the nearest decent hotel. With a three day weekend upon me, I decided to head outside of the city and get away from the loud crowds and speeding vehicles [...]

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The Jump

October 2, 2011
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A single step.  Momentum.  How do ideas grow legs?  There is no such thing as “the right time”.  It is always the right time simply because perfect timing is impossible to come by.  I call it taking “the jump.” But what makes some ideas gradually gain traction or take off like wildfire, while others die [...]

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But how do you…??? – Part 1

September 27, 2011
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Questions, questions, questions.  When people find out about my little adventure they have one of two reactions – either their eyes light up like giddy school children or they interrogate and scold me much like a father might.  It doesn’t matter which reaction one has, they questions start firing right away.  “But how do you…?  [...]

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Day 19 – Poser or Authentic?

September 20, 2011
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It’s day 19 and I’m not looking back.  Time has flown by with relatively few hiccups and almost no frustration. Liberation, freedom, adventure! This weekend I had my brief Into the Wild moment thinking, “Ha, society!! Take that! I’m makin’ this work and none of your rules and norms are going to slow me down [...]

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Day 9 – 53 degrees. End of story.

September 10, 2011
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It was 53 degrees last night.  Seriously?!  I wasn’t prepared for this…well…I mean…considering I made this decision all in a period of about two weeks there are a lot of things I’m going to be unprepared for.  But it’s September.  I thought I’d have another month before cold weather.  Shows what I know. Alright, alright…so [...]

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Lance being a little bitch…

September 4, 2011
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Did you know that vehicles can fake sick?  Seriously, Lance…was that necessary?  I suppose it’s all in the journey and joy of unpredictability, but I can’t say that I was ecstatic that I needed a tow on Day 4.  Oh yes, it’s Day 4 already.  Day 4 of no apartment, no home base…just my vehicle [...]

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And then there was carpet…

September 2, 2011
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One of the most enjoyable parts owning the ‘lance is turning it into a home.  With only 100 sq ft of living space a little can go a long way for comfort and there’s always a puzzle involved in making changes…from design challenges to keeping the cost reasonable.  For $38.75 the first no-brainer investment I [...]

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My Brand New Ride…errr…Home!!!

August 26, 2011
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Meet Lance.  My brand new home!  Lance is a 1996 Ford F-350 7.3 Liter Turbo-Charged diesel ambulance that weighs 11,000 lbs and came from a medical transport company in Rhode Island that was downsizing.  So what sold me on Lance?  The 1,000 watt inverter, multiple electrical outlets, external electrical hook-up, and already installed fluorescent lights [...]

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The Decision

August 22, 2011
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I’d like to say that making this decision was an arduous event, but the truth is that it wasn’t.  It just made sense to me.  It felt like the right thing to do right now.  The idea of moving into yet another ridiculously expensive city apartment that I don’t need and never particularly enjoy feels [...]

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The Idea

August 20, 2011
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How did this ludicrous journey begin?…not so irrationally as you might expect.  I’ve always been attracted to container housing.  Hell, I’m like a g’damn goldfish to shiny things…I simply have an odd draw to metal objects.  Teapots, corrugated fencing, subzero refrigerators…the more modern, industrial, and simplistic in design the better.  As I went further down [...]

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