Pedestrian Observations breaks down why some trains go slow (unfortunately they haven’t broken down a recent 11.5 hour, 320 mile trip—an average of 29 mph—from Emeryville to Santa Barbara in California), but it does offer a 7-point guide to how to speed up East Coast corridor train trips.
Will Someone Get the Lights? Preserving Home Movies
While watching home movies may be one definition of tedium, all those birthday parties and graduations are the history the books left out.
