I am posting this from a Super 8 motel in Mattoon, Illinois. You know – Mattoon. The FutureGen Final Candidate Host Site. Mattoon. Home to over four types of food. Mattoon. Home of the first Burger King and The Mad Gasser and apparently some sort of “Soybean Museum” that only seems to exist in the town’s wikipedia entry (which is a bummer, because I would really like to visit a Soybean Museum tomorrow morning).

I’ll be here until tomorrow morning when we set off for Memphis. In the meantime, I’ll be on the lookout for a white female in a sun hat.

Mattoon: A City For All Seasons.