I left my Mac laptop at the office, and was forced to use my daughter’s Dell to post this morning.  EGADS, what a frustrating and annoying experience!  There are so many programs trying to run, mischievious little demons raising their hands, me, me!!  and so the keyboard is sluggish and […]

The Skunk Railroad, that runs between Fort Bragg and Willets, California. It’s a 22-mile line that uses just this little diesel powered car with luxurious seats. Compact and soon to be connected to high speed rail service directly. Can we do this between the Valley and Boston?

A kind and generous friend who knows me well sent me a surprise. It came in my business mailbox, it was a book called “Don’t Make Me Think,” by Steve Krug.  The point of the book was how to make your website more user-friendly and intuitive.  I’ve devoured half of […]

As we sat in the flying bridge aboard his 46-foot fishing boat, the Snappa, Charlie Donilan told me about the olden days. He began fishing here in Narrangansett Bay in 1971. “Back then, jeez, you wouldn’t believe what we’d catch. We’d come back with 200 stripers, and hundreds and hundreds […]

When Perry Raso was in high school, he discovered a way to always have walking around money. It  came from below the wet sand near his home in South Kingstown, RI. Digging clams was the way he kept his car running and his wallet full back then. Today Raso is […]

Pippi is an exotic dancer who has run away from her magic-marker sniffin’, gun totin’ beer swillin’ ex-boyfriend.  She finds refuge in Stark Florida, where a collection of trailer park characters reside, ‘on the other side of the tracks’ in Armadillo Acres. Last night I enjoyed a ribald, rauchy ride […]

“Look at that ass!  And those big hind legs!”  We were out in the middle of a grassy cowfield, pockmarked with cowpies, and farm manager Jeff Farrell was eying the merchandise, thinking of what would end up on some lucky Rhode Islander’s plates. We were  getting a close-up view of […]