http://blog.johnmizell.com Devouring Global Resources? Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:28:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 John (& friends) have put together a collection of random media focusing on the ubiquitousness of simple good fun. Through music and video, interviews, and ambience, this podcast hopes to entertain you, just a bit. From around the world, johnmizell.com 帅巴 J no 帅巴 J john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com john.patrick.mizell@gmail.com (帅巴 J) John Patrick Mizell simple good fun Mizell, 帅巴J, California, Travel, http://blog.johnmizell.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.johnmizell.com http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/10/16/sneeky-bastards-bikes-broken-birthdays-berkeley-hillsburough http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/10/16/sneeky-bastards-bikes-broken-birthdays-berkeley-hillsburough#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:19:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=251 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/10/16/sneeky-bastards-bikes-broken-birthdays-berkeley-hillsburough/feed 0 The drink was a bit bitter. My intentions were grand! Here they were: Find a vehicle in Philly (<$1000) and start driving west. Head to Ohio, meet Dan, head to Kansas, then down to Oklahoma, meet Megan, jet west, through beautiful high desert of New Mexico and drop into Tucson. See friends, ride moto bike, [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/24/government-workers http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/24/government-workers#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:56:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=250 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/24/government-workers/feed 0 Our Nation’s Capitol has some very interesting aspects. From people, to policies, to racing motorcades, perhaps one of the most substantially surprising encounters was with a governmental squirrel. Clearly highly trained, these citizens dutifully wear their grey government issue coats and patrol all grounds surrounding the capitol, methodically and efficiently combing their perimeter for nuts, [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/16/single-engine-diesel http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/16/single-engine-diesel#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:41:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=246 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/16/single-engine-diesel/feed 0 A single engine diesel is all that moved the cars from Boston to D.C. Seven cars in total.. but I didn’t really count, just guessed. Seven is a good number for train cars and dice. Just one diesel though and a cafe car, that’s where I chose to sit. There I’ve got power, electric power, [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/destination-nowhere http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/destination-nowhere#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:46:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=243 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/destination-nowhere/feed 0 Nowhere seemed to be the theme after I arrived in Boston. Julia and Chris put me up for the night and then went off to sail in the morning. Their last day until school started. I began to walk. I have never been to Boston. I wanted to know where they served tea, but I [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/chicago-albany-boston http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/chicago-albany-boston#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:03:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=242 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/chicago-albany-boston/feed 0 Chicago. No one is from this city, but everyone visits. Tourists everywhere, people everywhere, no one knows where to get a good meal. Even a hostess doesn’t hasn’t lived here, and she lives here. We stop at the library. There’s a wedding. We’d like to crash it, but the doorman is from here. He gives [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/i-got-ahead-of-myself http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/i-got-ahead-of-myself#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:28:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=241 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2008/09/11/i-got-ahead-of-myself/feed 0 Let me back up a minute. Where did I start… Tucson: August 28th, 1 AM Hotel Congress: Kira, Chad, and I gulp down the last of our drinks and walk across to the train station. I board, stow my gear, and promptly fall asleep. The G/T was stiff, the long island more so. I’m the [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/08/21/the-philly-coast-nj-ny-pa-dallas-and-chicago http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/08/21/the-philly-coast-nj-ny-pa-dallas-and-chicago#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:21:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=204 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/08/21/the-philly-coast-nj-ny-pa-dallas-and-chicago/feed 0 Didn’t really sleep the night before, too many things on ye olde mind. Finally getting some shut eye by 4:30 AM, the alarm cracked me awake at 5:45 AM. Megan knocked on the door the very next second and before I knew it I was walking across the tarmac and seat belting myself into the [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/07/03/departure-from-the-carolinas http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/07/03/departure-from-the-carolinas#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:40:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=197 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/07/03/departure-from-the-carolinas/feed 0 On the flight back to Orange County, leaving behind family in more than one way. We left a bundle of new found relatives, folks from Jamesville, North Carolina and the surrounding burbs, to get back to their daily routine in tears; any of them I’ll probably not see again unless they venture out west. We [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/30/roots http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/30/roots#comments Sat, 01 Jul 2006 01:57:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=196 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/30/roots/feed 0 Germany beat Argentina and they advance into the semifinals, Ukrane goes home. Today we put Pop in the car, got some cheese biscuts and sausage from the local BBQ joint and got a quick tour of the land of our kin in North Carolina. We drove past the Jamesville cemetary, saw some Mizells and a [...] http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/29/family-on-the-carolina-coast http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/29/family-on-the-carolina-coast#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:31:00 +0000 john http://www.thecalifornias.org/?p=195 http://blog.johnmizell.com/2006/06/29/family-on-the-carolina-coast/feed 0 It’s the first time I’ve been to the East Coast, it’s the first time I’ve been to North Carolina, it’s the first time I’ve meet the larger part of my Dad’s extended family. Pop, Dad’s dad, moved to California leaving his mom and three younger sisters in North Carolina. Pop regularly visits this coast and [...]