{"id":28220,"date":"2026-05-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=28220"},"modified":"2026-05-16T00:40:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:40:37","slug":"3-10-2014-awr-travel-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/?p=28220","title":{"rendered":"3.9.2014 AWR: Travel Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Have money will travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Push back on gravel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Dive into cultural immersion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">For a different diversion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Into experiences dabble<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1444.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1444.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28222\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The globetrotting Rouletters shared their travel stories, ensnaring some unsuspecting artists in their wake.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1445.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"237\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1445.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28224\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">One swashbuckling <strong>Capt. Mathdreads <\/strong>hosted the event.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1446.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1446.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1446.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1446-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Before the show, <strong>Capt. Mathdreads<\/strong> had a misunderstanding with the bartender, <strong>Sarah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1447.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1447.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1447.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1447-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">The negotiation soon took a favorable turn for the captain.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/me-drinking-an-aviation.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1448.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1448.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1448.png 372w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1448-187x300.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The matter was settled with <strong>Capt. Mathdreads<\/strong> sipping on the featured drink, Aviation.<a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pistols-united-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1449.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1449.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1449.png 600w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1449-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Co-conspirator, <strong>Thom the World Poet <\/strong>helped secure the area.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1450.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1450.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1450.png 452w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1450-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Capt. Mathdreads<\/strong> brandished her sword, Primitive Feminism, just to show the guys who was the boss.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/slicing-jims-neck.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1451.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1451.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28230\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Singer-songwriter, <strong>Jim Tenny<\/strong> opened the show after a little persuading from PF.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1452.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1452.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28232\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A former priest, <strong>Tenny <\/strong>sang about lessons from the mountain top since \u201cit\u2019s easy to be a holy man on top of the mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1453.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1453.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1453.png 480w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1453-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Barstool Poetry editor, <strong>Bob Makela<\/strong> stumbled upon the Roulette, looking for wifi. After a tangle with PF, he agreed to perform.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/bob.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1454.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"173\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1454.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28234\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He explained to the audience that he and a buddy started writing poetry on cocktail napkins as an effective and entertaining way to pick up women.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1455.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1455.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28235\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Magic Jack ATX <\/strong>detailed the adventures of traveling by train when the train goes &nbsp;nowhere for hours and 300 people are stranded.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1456.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1456.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28236\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Another unsuspecting artist, <strong>Ryan Brusca<\/strong>, agreed to play a traveling musical interlude in the middle of the show when the scheduled musician did not show up.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1457.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1457.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28237\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Brusca<\/strong> first played his own original song, which had no title nor lyrics, but was groovy all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1458.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1458.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28238\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He followed up with Jimi Hendrick\u2019s \u201cPurple Haze.\u201d The audience accompanied &nbsp;<strong>Brusca<\/strong> with shaker eggs, courtesy of <strong>Thom the World Poet<\/strong>.<a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/veronica.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1459.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1459.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1459.png 312w, https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1459-157x300.png 157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Capt. Mathdreads\u2019<\/strong> cousin, <strong>Veronica Hunte <\/strong>told the whirlwind story of how her parents met in Switzerland and after having three kids, moved to Johannesburg, S. Africa when her father, a retired professional cricket player, was offered to coach cricket as part of Nelson Mandela\u2019s Peace and Reconciliation Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1460.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1460.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28240\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Lila McCall<\/strong> transported the audience back to 1985 when she and her feisty aunt traveled to Egypt and Israel during a plane hijacking, armed military teenagers, and a lack of creature comforts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1461.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1461.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28241\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At this point in the show, the captain persuaded artist, <strong>Sangye O\u2019Mara<\/strong> to read only one selection since some SXSW musicians were clamoring to get on the stage after the Roulette.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1462.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1462.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28242\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sangye<\/strong> chronicled her resentment of the constant landscape-changing construction in Austin, but gained courage to deal with the changes when she came upon the brave midnight racing wheelchair culture.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1463.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"182\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1463.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28243\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Captain Mathdreads<\/strong> told a yarn about her night hike up Mt. St. Catherine (Sinai) to watch the sunrise one Thanksgiving.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/austinwritersroulette.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/thom-jack.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1464.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1464.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28244\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thom the World Poet<\/strong>, accompanied by <strong>Magic Jack ATX<\/strong>, told of wondrous travels here on Earth and around the cosmos.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1465.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mathdreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-1465.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28245\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The captain warmly invites you to participate or attend the upcoming \u201cOut of This World\u201d roulette on April 13th. Don\u2019t make her come look for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have money will travel Push back on gravel Dive into cultural immersion For a different diversion Into experiences dabble The globetrotting Rouletters shared their travel stories, ensnaring some unsuspecting artists in their wake. One swashbuckling Capt. Mathdreads hosted the event. Before the show, Capt. Mathdreads had a misunderstanding with the bartender, Sarah. 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