Talking About Stockholm with Kevin and Sue
Today while all of New England is gathered to watch our beloved Patriots try and make it 17-0, I will be taken away from the game for a phone call. It will be Kevin and Sue McCarthy on the line, calling from their Travel Planners Show in St. Louis. The […]
Bashing Cars and Slipping on Ice
Yesterday’s post was about Sayulita, Mexico, where it’s balmy, dusty, hot and there is no snow. This week made me realize that despite my fantasies about spending some time in that beach town, for now I’m definitely in New England and it’s January. First, I walloped a stop sign while […]
Living La Vida Pura in Sayulita Mexico
Kent passed along a book to me last month that I’ve been thoroughly enjoying. He reads so many books and it’s a pleasure to get a crack at them when he’s finished. Today was a sick day, so I had time to enjoy Gringos in Paradise, a new book by […]
In China, Keeping Mentally Ill in Cages is Common
I remember when I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, there was a family that had a little cage that their sons played in. It was a cage, not for them to live in, but to play in, but nonetheless, many neighbors talked about this with horror. I […]
Not So Bafflingly, Mossberg Pans a New Phone
Walter S. Mossberg can kill or redeem any electronics product just by a bad or good mention in his personal technology column in the WSJ. I cracked up when I read his review of the new Voyager phone from Verizon, which he wasn’t impressed with. “In fact the Voyager, bafflingly, […]
He Made $3 or $4 Billion in 2007–Is He Happy?
If you know anyone who is rich, they can’t hold a candle to John Paulson. This hedge fund operator made an estimated $3 to $4 billion for himself in 2007. He did it by betting against the sub-prime loan market, and he hit the jackpot. In today’s WSJ, Gregory Zuckerman […]
Coskata Makes Fuel from Corn Husks and Gets GM Boost
Sometimes people comment to me on how much I like reading. I read the entire Wall St. Journal, much to my daughter’s surprise.”You’re always reading, Dad,” she told me, as I finished up the last section. Sometimes my family gets mad at me and says I’m ignoring them (the NJ […]
Getting to Know Pirates in the Straits of Malacca
Yesterday as I was helping Cindy move her office I had time to peruse a copy of National Geographic. There I found a story about a favorite topic: Pirates. In the long story, Peter Gwin meets up with an Indonesian pirate who is held in a Malaysian jail, after a […]