Seen BREAKING BAD?  That’s New Mexico.

I had never been to New Mexico, but I recognized it from the tv series, BREAKING BAD.  The landscape is positively lunar in some spots and there’s an outlaw vibe to the place.  I felt enveloped by the sky and so close to the elements.  Howling coyotes, wild mustangs, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep were new to me.

Todd VanDerWerff’s analyses of the tv episodes (about a cancer afflicted science teacher who decides to cook crystal meth for money) are so detailed and loving, AMC should pay him to continue, when the series returns from hiatus.

I thought I might just see a severed Indian’s head riding on the back of a slow moving tortoise.

rania posted to Travel, TV on July 23, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (2)

How much can you stuff into an overhead bag?

Man, they’re doing everything they can to discourage us from flying.  Shoes off!  Take out your laptop!  No liquids!  Baggies for your toiletries!  Now we have to deal with fees for check-in luggage.

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rania posted to Travel on July 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)