Monthly Archives: July 2021

Some Compromises Were Made

Posted on July 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

When a plane like the A321 is made, it has a certain number of windows on the side of the plane, and it is rather telling to see how the seating configuration of the airline itself lines up with this … Continue reading →

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Nathan’s 50 State Completion Tour: Part Two

Posted on July 13, 2021 by nathanalbright

July 13, 2021: 9:30AM PDT: I’m currently about an hour and a half or so from leaving for the airport for the second part of my 50 state completion tour. As it is I am still relaxing and have a … Continue reading →

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If It Coughs, It Lags

Posted on July 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Since I have a bit of time while we wait in the Wichita airport for our plane to arrive, from wherever it happens to be at present, I thought it would be worthwhile to write a bit about something I … Continue reading →

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Closed On Sundays

Posted on July 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

A great deal of Eastern Oklahoma is like the Kanye West song or Chick-Fil-A, it’s closed on Sundays. This can be a bit of a mixed bag. When one is a tourist looking to enjoy some Cherokee sites, it can … Continue reading →

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Short Restaurant Reviews: Part One

Posted on July 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

The following are short reviews of the restaurants my mother and I ate at during the first part of our road trip, through Oklahoma and Kansas. Golden Saddle, Tulsa OK: Despite having a less than desirable location, this place is … Continue reading →

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Hotel Review: Super 8 Airport/Fairgrounds Tulsa

Posted on July 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Two sentence review: The website: The reality: Longer Review: According to the research I was able to do on this hotel, the Super 8 Tulsa Airport/Fairgrounds hotel was built in 2001, making it roughly half my age. Those have been … Continue reading →

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Exploring Tulsa By Uber

Posted on July 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

You know that rental car prices are out of control when it is cheaper by far to get an uber to the few places you want to go that you cannot walk to than it is to rent a car … Continue reading →

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Nathan’s 50 State Completion Tour: A Live Blogging Experience

Posted on July 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

July 9, 2021: 5:17AM PDT: It is about thirty minutes or so before the boarding time for my group for a 6AM flight on a Friday morning from Portland International Airport to Denver. Why am I here? Well, the reason … Continue reading →

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Empathy And The Writer

Posted on July 8, 2021 by nathanalbright

It is fortunate that with most of us reading and writing, listening and singing, and other complementary activities go together. Becoming familiar with the creativity of others feeds one’s own creativity in a variety of ways. It gives us something … Continue reading →

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An Island Unto Itself?

Posted on July 7, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the most enduring jokes that has been made–a version of it goes all the way back to Shakespeare’s Merchant Of Venice–about the English is the way that they are so relentlessly monolingual. Similar things have been said about … Continue reading →

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