Author Archives: Jason

Last weekend TV personality, Glenn Beck, held a rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. I hadn’t heard much about it but I wanted to see any kind of gathering in such a historical place. The news mentioned there could be some tension or if I was lucky–violence. I’ve never been a very politicalContinue reading “Freedom of Assembly”

Taipei, Taiwan

After we got the list of possible Foreign Service assignments we were given a few days to research the different cities. We then turned in an ordered list broken up into High: meaning we would really like to go there, Medium: we’d be ok with going there and Low: we really don’t want to goContinue reading “The Method to the Madness”

This is a little explanation for those readers who are trying to understand why they can’t read one of our blog posts with “Protected” in the title (Hi Mom). There is a lot of information about our life that is “sensitive but not classified.”  I’m not 100% sure what the policy is about what IContinue reading “A little explanation”

If I can get everything packed, Sunday morning I’ll start the Great American Road Trip with the boys.  This map shows my planned route.  If you have done this drive before please give me some advice on some stuff to go see and do in the comments.

The logistics of this adventure are crazy. First, I need to pack for the week long drive with the boys to Washington D.C.. All that stuff has to go into something that I can easily carry in and out of hotel rooms. Next I need to pack most everything else I’ll need during my 5Continue reading “Logistics”