Comments on: On Driving http://www.nerdgod.com/blog/2007/06/25/thoughts-on-driving/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Banquo http://www.nerdgod.com/blog/2007/06/25/thoughts-on-driving/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Banquo Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:46:27 +0000 http://www.nerdgod.com/blog/?p=28#comment-10 I think the "Great American Experience" is just a series of technological lag points, the more pervasive technology the less rural an area becomes. Even if you're in the middle of BFEG,..being able to watch all 6 CSI’s, spend hours on your cell phone, surf the internet and e-shop till you drop is just as destructive to the idea of the Norman Rockwell America as the big highways and byways. I watched a generation of my family from the deep hills of KY, go from no indoor plumbing to surfing the internet, myspacing and abandoning their home gardens in lieu of long haul trips to the mega mall. The funny thing is, all the things I envied about their lives are things that they've done away with to make their lives more like mine. The Grass is always greener on the other HDTV I guess. I agree that the point of the journey shouldn't always be the destination, but keeping in mind the way things are, I think that it's all the more important to find destinations that make the journey worthwhile, even if it is all on I-275. Finding the nuggets of joy here and there where you can get a taste of something unique and fun, from Wympee Burger to the Freaky Tiki Place we went to for Brooke’s B-day, it’s all about establishing the memories and making them good ones. Besides,.. if you have the right co-pilot/s it’s hard to have anything but a fantastic journey. Of course, that could just be me being sappy and missing hanging out with you so..there JERKWAD!! I think the “Great American Experience” is just a series of technological lag points, the more pervasive technology the less rural an area becomes. Even if you’re in the middle of BFEG,..being able to watch all 6 CSI’s, spend hours on your cell phone, surf the internet and e-shop till you drop is just as destructive to the idea of the Norman Rockwell America as the big highways and byways. I watched a generation of my family from the deep hills of KY, go from no indoor plumbing to surfing the internet, myspacing and abandoning their home gardens in lieu of long haul trips to the mega mall. The funny thing is, all the things I envied about their lives are things that they’ve done away with to make their lives more like mine. The Grass is always greener on the other HDTV I guess.

I agree that the point of the journey shouldn’t always be the destination, but keeping in mind the way things are, I think that it’s all the more important to find destinations that make the journey worthwhile, even if it is all on I-275. Finding the nuggets of joy here and there where you can get a taste of something unique and fun, from Wympee Burger to the Freaky Tiki Place we went to for Brooke’s B-day, it’s all about establishing the memories and making them good ones. Besides,.. if you have the right co-pilot/s it’s hard to have anything but a fantastic journey. Of course, that could just be me being sappy and missing hanging out with you so..there JERKWAD!!

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