Thomas Wolfe once wrote a novel called “You Can’t Go Home Again,” whose title emphasizes how much people and places change, no matter how fondly we remember them or how much we wish they would remain as we once knew them. For Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the antihero of the FX original series “Justified,” going home entails discovering how much he, his hometown and his credit score have changed.

From Florida to Kentucky in One Shot

The son of a notorious con man, Givens left his home in Harlan County, Ken., as a young man, hoping to escape life in the coal mines. As a U.S. marshal, Givens specialized in fugitive retrieval in Miami until he shot a known gun thug in a restaurant.

During the media frenzy that followed, Givens’ angry superiors sent him back home to Harlan County, the very last place that he wanted to go. According t

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Unless you’ve been in a coma for the past week, you know that a volcanic explosion in Iceland on April 14 rocked Europe. Flights were grounded for nearly a week in more than 20 countries, leaving countless travelers across the globe stranded, many of whom had to sleep on cots at airports and live on a diet of airport food while running up their credit cards.

Those with travel insurance fared better than those without, but it was a pickle for everyone. Some countries resorted to sending boats to various countries to retrieve some of their citizens and military personnel. People missed weddings, funerals, birthdays, vacations, work and more.

The volcano also crippled the airline industry. The companies lost millions of dollars each day the flights were grounded, and have faced a logistical nightmare trying to sort through the backlog of travelers while trying to maintain regular operations.

How does this apply to those of us not directly affected the volcano whose name nobody can pronounce?

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