The Timing is Perfect to Take an iPhone App Meeting
I am in a place where it’s cool and comfy, and lively jazz is playing in the background. I am taking a meeting at the Cushman General Store, or at least that’s what it’s called but it’s way cooler than a plain old general store. I am here for a […]
Going to the Y–A Forcefield Versus Whatever the Day May Bring
The difference between starting the day with a work-out and just slogging my way to the office is striking. When I spend time on the eliptical getting a sweat on, and do some weights and some Nautilus, it makes the whole day just glow. I am stunned by how great […]
Can I Give You a Compliment? Please?
How easy is it to accept a compliment? For many people, it isn’t easy at all. A column by Elizabeth Bernstein in yesterday’s WSJ was about why compliments cause so much grief, and the fine line between ‘backhanded’ and real compliments. Tips were provided, such as ‘be selective–be specific, such […]
It’s Becoming Clear that Chavistas Can’t Run Businesses Very Well
We don’t look often enough at our South American neighbors…at least in most of the mainstream media anyway. I always appreciate the insights of Mary Anastasia O’Grady, who in tonight’s WSJ chronicled Hugo Chavez’ dismantling of the country’s coffee business. It’s just one of many industries that the Bolivarians have […]
Robert D. Hartshorne Was Remembered as a Sportsman and much more
We are in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Today Bill and I drove north on winding small roads beside stunning views of the giant of the east, Mount Washington. Our destination was the small village of Tamworth, on the east side of the narrow state. We found a place for some […]
The Last Outpost of the Hated Guinea Worm
Nicholas Kristof is one of Cindy’s favorite writers, and I gotta agree, his pursuit of the gritty reality of the world is admirable and selfless. He journeys to places few other Westerners are willing to travel, and reports again and again about people who are making a real difference in […]
Preparing for a Funeral; He Already Read the Eulogy
Death has been sneaking up on me lately, I’ve been getting more glimpses of people threatened by it, or facing the loss of family who have succumbed. It’s sobering to think of such mortality right next to me. At the same time, I derive so much joy from the tiny […]
Without Crazy Eddie, The Show Doesn’t Go On with Danny
When I was in my twenties in the NY metropolitan area, there were always ads on the television for a guy named Crazy Eddie. He would come on in santa suits or other crazy get-ups, and spazz out for a hilarious series of ads. His story is famous because he […]
This and That Which Makes Up the Day
It’s official! GoNOMAD’s new clean look has been pushed out throughout all of our 10,000 plus pages. We hope that this new design is cleaner and better for our readers. I learned today that my cafe sale is not happening, so we’re back to the drawing board on that. I […]
What Were They Doing on Saturday Night?
It’s funny sometimes when I sit down to write a blog. It’s as if this screen is giant canvas, empty of anything, waiting to be created. I think about the people I see in my travels; the people who work for me at our businesses, all with the details of […]
The Sound of 21 Guitars
Twenty-one guitars can make an impressive variety of sounds. We watched Peter Blanchette direct his Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra tonight, and enjoyed the rich tones and deep contrast of different sounds this group of guitarists made up on the Academy of Music stage. It wasn’t a show full of solos, […]
There’s a Vas Deferens Between Us, He Told Me
In the abyss, as my backpack is not-s0-affectionately known, I’ve been toting an article around for a few days from the WSJ. It was about how despite all of the advances in medicine and technology in fifty years of progress, more than half of all the pregancies in the US […]
All It Says on the Door is ’33’
We have new ads on GoNOMAD that fork over to a whole bunch of cool websites, including Listverse. Here’s a great new post about a private part of Disneyland. “Contrary to popular belief, Disneyland has a full liquor license which is used when the place closes down to the general […]
Telling Stories about Travel on the Radio…It Works!
I’m excited today after a meeting with a charismatic radio personality named Monte Belmonte. Over the past few months we’ve been developing different ideas to bring our travel website to the airwaves. Most of the suggestions I brought up were complicated, involving guests, remote broadcasts, and recordings of sounds […]
Caught with a Roach, He Gets Cuffed and Thrown in a Cruiser
The second episode of the new HBO series ‘Treme’ continued to compel me last night. There are so many plots happening yet each one is as interesting and realistic as the other. But I wondered about how true it was that a man standing outside a nightclub who gets caught […]
Michael, Just What DO You Want Us to Do?
Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story provided entertainment yesterday afternoon but left us shaking our heads. The message? I think he wants us to rise up and stop banks from foreclosing on people who haven’t paid their mortgages, stop the cabal from Goldman Sachs from running the government, and oh, […]
Greenfield and Turners Are the Up & Comers of the Valley
Greenfield is coming along very well, I read in a recent Recorder story by Ritchie Davis. He’s right, there’s a whole new movement up in that city, and when the people behind Amherst and Northampton Coffee set up shop, well gentrification is happening full speed ahead. I think it’s a […]
Flying Through Ash: It Isn’t Pretty
Last night the airspace above five European countries was blocked by thick clouds of ash spewing from a volcano in Iceland. On CNN, the story recounted what happened back in 1982 when a British Airways pilot had to fly through thick ash and smoke above Indonesia. “Eric Moody was the […]