Alaska

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Travelling to the Arctic Circle and Arctic Ocean by Land

Alaska VanWith the Colombian peace deal still a dream, the penultimate leg of my Pan-American Highway trek will be in Alaska. In 2007, I traveled overland from Oakland, California through the Yukon to Fairbanks, Alaska, and then up the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Circle. Because I traveled in October, the van service would not go any further. Had I gone in the summertime, the van would have taken me another 300 miles to Prudhoe Bay and Deadhorse, Alaska, where I could dip my toes in the Arctic Ocean with oil drilling platforms in the background. Continue reading

Meet the Queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 5!


Hey, hunty. Do you know what’s just around the corner? Besides your visit to the free clinic for a salve (you really need to get that rash cleared up). That’s right, RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming back for its 5th season, and that certainly gives us something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Because, rly Ru, we love you, but All Stars has been terrible. Hit the jump so we can meet the queens & make snap judgments and baseless predictions! Continue reading

Sarah Palin is a Troll

Terrifying woman is terrifying

We already know that Sarah Palin is an Internet troll, but it sure does feel nice to have a journalist confirm it. According to today’s piece in The Atlantic, Palin “obsessed over her image” and “orchestrated a campaign to inundate newspapers with phony letters praising her.” A particularly odd obsession, considering that she actually got stuff done for Alaska.

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