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Charlottesville March 4, 2026 Wow! I've been wanting to take the California Zephyr for several years -- I now I have! What a thrill, especially through the Sierras and the Rockies. If I recall correctly, this video is east of Glenwood Springs. I picked several songs for the soundtrack that I thought were appropriate for this adventure.

Martinsburg, West Virginia March 2, 2026 Psychologists say people who need to be alone after socializing aren’t recharging from exhaustion. Their brains are doing post-processing work on every emotional signal they absorbed, and the more empathetic someone is, the longer that processing period takes. Tension: We’ve been told that needing solitude after socializing means we’re drained — that people are batteries and interaction is the cost. But the latest neuroscience suggests

Psychologists found that people who constantly feel like they’re falling behind in life, even when they’re objectively doing fine, often grew up in homes where love was conditional on achievement. The treadmill isn’t ambition. It’s an old survival pattern still running on outdated software.

The poorest counties in America are predominantly located in the rural South, particularly Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, often characterized by low median household incomes and high poverty rates. Holmes County, Mississippi is frequently ranked as one of the poorest, with a median household income often near or below $25,000. Other consistently low-income areas include Todd County, South Dakota and East Carroll Parish, Louisiana.  Top Poorest Counties by Income & Pove

Passing By Ambridge, Pennsylvania March 2, 2026, 445 AM A few months ago, I decided to turn on iCloud storage for my photos. Previously, my primary storage for my photos was on my MacBook Pro. The problem became that my 150,000 photos and videos were filling up my 1 TB hard drive. By beginning to use iCloud as my primary storage, I freed up space on my hard drive as now I have somewhat lower quality images on my MacBook; iCloud holds the full-size images. Not sure I am exp

Northwest Of Pittsburgh March 2. 2026; 4 AM Awake at 4 AM. Can’t sleep anymore due to my roomette being cold and the “bed” being uncomfortable. Which motivated me to compare my current roomette to the one I had on the California Zephyr. My Zephyr’s roomette was on a car called s Superliner. (Something being called a roomette on a Superliner gives away the time from they came from, right? I’m guessing the 1970s?). The Superliner is a two-level car that is used out West.

Midnight train to Virginia??

Oh yeah!! Work that core!!

Chicago Union Station March 1, 2026 250 PM CT I arrived here about one hour ago on the California Zephyr. I'm now in the "Metropolitan Lounge" waiting for my next train -- the Floridian which will take me from Chicago to Richmond -- leaving at 625 PM and scheduled to arrive in Richmond at approximately 4 PM tomorrow. Here is a list of the station stops between here and Richmond: I'm a bit stiff from the approximately 14 hour + 52 hour ride to Chicago from Los Angeles (exclud