Ken Ilgunas
Feb 5, 2009
What’s that smell?
This past Sunday it poured all night. I was warm and dry—content in my vehicular abode—watching the raindrops run down my windows like...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 28, 2009
Desperate times call for desperate measures
I knew when I arrived in North Carolina I had to find a job right away because of pressing financial needs. After paying for the van and...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 16, 2009
Dealing with the cold
Last night it got down to 10˚ F, which is freakishly cold for North Carolina, even in winter. After a late night in the library, I ran to...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 14, 2009
Thoreau’s Disciple
If you’re not familiar with Walden, to sum up: Thoreau, a nineteenth-century philosopher from Concord, Massachusetts, left town and built...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 8, 2009
Pimpin’ (my van out) ain’t easy
Actually it sort of was. After purchasing my burgundy beauty I had to put in a habitable condition. The following renovations were made...
Ken Ilgunas
Jan 6, 2009
A man and a van
So begins what I will heretofore call “radical living.” Before flying into North Carolina (and yes, I'm purposely remaining ambiguous...