Stumbled across this from Chris Allbritton's Back to Iraq (to which I contribute money): Art in Baghadad. This is in some ways very much worth my $20.00 on its own.

I've been thinking myself about travel, and about how Frank and I talk about wanting to be closer to where things are happening. I think my first move is going to be to try and do some kind of giant road trip around the USA after the election. But if all goes well, in two or three years the Forward Left of the Blogosphere should be in a position to send cultural embassadors to various places; or maybe I can revisit the Geekcorps idea.