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Why Are High-Paid Editors Uploading Jpegs and Podcasts?

Why Are High-Paid Editors Uploading Jpegs and Podcasts?

Douglas McLennan, editor of ArtsJournal.com, pops the Newspaper business right in the kisser with his thoughts on Poynteronline today. “Newspapers started out with enormous advantages going into the digital age (remember “content is King”?) and have squandered it while others innovated. To take even one small example: there isn’t a […]

Ultra Cheap Birth Control is a Gift in Brazil

I read in the Republican today as I gazed out the cafe window. Sunny and bright, and people are full of cheer. I am too, since Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the green light to a new plan: Cheap Birth Control for all. “The plan would give […]

Hundreds of Years Before Gutenberg, Books Existed

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A few years ago, an Amherst writer named Dick Teresi came to interview me about a story he was writing for the AARP magazine about RV’ing. I picked up the recent issue of the magazine tonight, and found out that the article ran in the May/June issue. While trying to […]

Nobody Wants to Eat Whale Meat Anymore

In the weekend WSJ, there was a story that was short but sweet. It was about the challenges facing the whaling industry. Next week there will be a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage. But interest in their products seems to be fading away, moratorium or not. It’s […]

Greenfield’s Wilsons Doesn’t Disappoint

Today was a glorious Saturday, and I made the rounds, using the GPS system to navigate to each tag sale. Then we made our way up to busy Greenfield. We shopped at Wilsons. And as usual, it was a pleasant experience. I wanted to find a belt. Had tried to […]

No, Virginia–The World Doesn’t All Speak English

Today is a gorgeous warm day, and at 9:30 it’s already 80. Time to kick back and read yesterday’s WSJ, where a story about foreign language web content caught my eye. Yes, Virginia, only 30-40 percent of the web is written in English. The rest is a treasure trove of […]

After Ben Hur, They Just Had to Race Chariots

After Ben Hur, They Just Had to Race Chariots

I felt motivated thinking about the upcoming holiday, so this morning I mowed the lawn to a glorious green sheen. Then I picked up last night’s WSJ and read about chariot racing, an ancient sport that is making a comeback. Matt Moffett wrote a story with a Sao Simao, Brazil […]

The Sign Says…

The Sign Says…

Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign. Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? The Five Man Electrical Band said it so well in 1972….here is the new sign that local artist and signmaker Jim Taylor just made for the cafe. No […]

Cows and Pigs Dine on Kitkats, Trail Mix and Ramen

Last night I got back out on my bike for a 12-mile jaunt. Felt great. I came home and later that night read the WSJ and found out what cows and pigs eat these days. A story by Lauren Etter said they used to eat mostly corn, but today, the […]

A Gorge 10,000 Feet Deep is Driving Hell in China

Navigating China’s deepest gorge: This from MSNBC today, complete with a movie showing the harrowing drive up a gravelly road up a steep mountain. Adrienne Mong wrote this account. “Tiger Leaping Gorge is believed to be the world’s deepest gorge, measuring some 10,000 feet deep, between the Jade Dragon Snow […]

America Can’t Get Enough of Ty

America Can’t Get Enough of Ty

In Costco today, I stopped to read a magazine that was all about one man. That man is Ty Pennington, the host of ABC’s hit show “Extreme Home Makeover” and a pitchman for Sears, and many other brands. He’s a one-man conglomerate and has a finger on the pulse–why else […]

Xeni and the Gang Coin a Jet’s New Name

The co-editors at Boing Boing, one of the world’s most popular blogs, have named a new Virgin America aircraft: Unicorn Chaser. The airline’s first aircraft was named Jefferson Airplane in October by the band’s lead singer, Grace Slick. This is from a press release sent out by this new airline […]

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