Sore Feet are Proof of a Hard Day’s Work
Tonight as I sit here in my big chair my feet ache. I’ve been working very hard at the cafe all day, and we’ve got encouraging results to show for our labors. This morning, as the wind whipped the snow around, I hired a young man from the neighborhood named […]
Porn Pop-Ups Explode a Conn. Classroom
Julie Amero has lived a computer pop-up nightmare. Now she’s been convicted of unwittingly exposing her students to pornography after a storm of sexual images flooded the screen in a classroom computer. You can imagine how it must have felt, not being able to stop the awful pictures one, another, […]
Hard for GE to Look Green as They Fight Smog Rules
John Fialka and Kathryn Kranhold write in today’s WSJ about GE’s credibility gap. The company is fighing stricter standards on smog, while they push their image as a ‘green company.’ One ad shows a GE locomotive pulling a train through a rainforest and smokefree eden. They say the EPA’s push […]
Bagging Bartiromo–and Paying Dearly For It
Michael Lewis writes on Bloomberg.com about the rise and fall of Todd Thomson, who was once the wunderkind of Citigroup’s Global Wealth Division. Thomson was fired last month after reports surfaced that he commandeered a company jet to fly CNBC anchorbabe Maria Bartiromo to a conference, and used his marketing […]
An Impressive Roster of GoNOMAD Blogs
I have enjoyed blogging immensely since I first began more than 1414 posts ago in November 2004. Kent quickly followed suit, after reading mine and seeing how much fun I was having, in January 2005, Be Our Guest joined the GoNOMAD blog team. Then about six months later, my associate […]
My God It Might Snow!
Snowstorm headed for Bay State, people rejoice in New England’s streets! Chris Choate took this photo in Scriba, NY. Anita Davis and Michael Givins wrote in today’s Boston Herald about the good news we’ve all been eagerly waiting for: IT’S GONNA FREAKIN’ SNOW! While plow drivers have been cursing the […]
A Tree Grows in Niger–Hope for the Future
It is nice waking up in the cold winter morning and reading some good news about Africa in the NY Times. “Recent studies of vegetation patterns, based on detailed satellite images and on-the-ground inventories of trees, have found that Niger, a place of persistent hunger and deprivation, has recently added […]
Say Hello to the Smartest Dog in the World
Born January 1st 1994, in Echo Bay, Canada, Chanda was a Champagne Toy Poodle who caught the attention of the Local, National and International Press. Afghan hounds may be the dummest dogs in the world, but experts say Poodles come in at number two.Meet Chanda-Leah, the smartest canine who ever […]