Moss Covered Rocks, Dense Green Slopes
Elise Rana is the Travel editor of TNT magazine in London. I was traveling with her and the day I decided to sleep in, she got up early. “At dawn, I left the cosy cabin and crackling log stove at Patricio’s lodge on the edge of Queulat National Park, in […]
Rap Money Isn’t Long…Just Ask MC Hammer
Snoop doggy Dogg’s younger brother is named Bing Worthington. He was in Boston yesterday, promoting the rap star’s latest offering, Snoop Dogg hot dogs.Together, Chris Faraone writes in the Herald, their endeavors include Snoop Dogg Clothing, Cadillac Snoop DeVilles, Snoop Dogg skateboards and now, foot-long frankfurters “Worthington earned the right […]
Pine Needle Sized Radio Waves
Wireless, or Wifi, is hot these days. But rare is the person who actually understands anything about how this stuff works. Below is a chunk of text from a wireless manufacturer’s website about how Wifi signals travel. I’m trying to learn all this for my future plans… “A radio wave […]
MySpace: The Shape of Things to Come
Myspace.com was recently acquired by Rupert Murdoch for about $560 million. Wired ran a story about the site’s founders, that explained in part why this type of community, networking website is now the hottest site on the web. Myspace gets more page views than Google–’nuff said. Jeff Howe wrote a […]
Mowing Their Way into Russia
Two Chinese men have been arrested after trying to sneak across the border into Russia on a lawnmower. Ananova had the story. They tried to tell border guards at the Slavyanka border post in Khasansky County in Russia’s Far East that they had got lost while cutting the grass. Russian […]
What Your Trash Says about You
One week after several Vikings players held a lewd party on a Lake Minnetonka boat, two players were seen throwing trash in a dumpster at a construction site in Eden Prairie. 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS obtained exclusive access to the trash – and the information it revealed. Viking players Bryant McKinnie […]
Pirates in our Midst–WOW!
The pirates who attacked a luxury cruise liner off Somalia’s coast were likely to have been from the same group that hijacked a U.N.-chartered vessel in June and held its crew and food aid hostage for 100 days, a maritime official said Sunday. Two boats full of pirates approached the […]
You Gotta Spend Money to Make Money in Mass!
Today’s Boston Herald had a story lamenting Massachusett’s pathetically low spending for tourism and the results. “The Bay State has fallen way behind other states in spending on tourism and it shows, say tourism industry executives. Massachusetts ranked 15th in tourism dollars spent here, falling behind the likes of Rust […]
Three Gals I’m Proud to Call Sisters
A friend asked me what I was doing this weekend. “My sisters are coming up,” I replied, “they are so much fun everybody wants to come and see them.” He said I was lucky, and I agree. My sisters are three women I’m proud to be related to. Caroline is […]
Google’s New Ride in the Sky
Today’s Web Pro News came through with some idea of how Larry and Sergey spend those billions they earn from the little text ads. “Despite being billionaires, the founders of Google show some fiscal responsibility that will make their investors happy. The $15 million purchase of a used 767 runs […]
Seeing Under Ground with Sound Waves
In Afghanistan and Iraq, enemy command centers, weapons and terror leaders such as Usama bin Laden are often well concealed in underground caves or tunnels. Fox News reported on a breakthrough. New technology being developed at Silicon Graphics in Mountain View, Calif., will soon give U.S. forces a way to […]
If the Olives are Gone, So Are We
The olive trees are dying in Cambil, Spain, and that is bad news for the town. The NY Times published a story by Renwick McLean about the terrible effects of a record breaking freeze and a very long drought. The result has been withered trees producing raisin-sized olives, with many […]
Camilla’s Sexy Basso–Tina Fawns On
Jack Schafer writes in Slate about the Royal Suck up this week in the Washington Post. “The one Post contributor undeserving of forgiveness is professional Brit Tina Brown, who writes a weekly column for Style. Brown approaches her “royal” subjects with supine kindness, making her piece look like beat sweetener […]
Charles and His Middle Aged Bride
Middle-aged women in Washington seem intrigued by the middle-aged romance. The Guardian UK had the story today.“I don’t care about royalty,” says Linda Cashdan, journalist and director of Washington writing consultancy the Word Process, “but I am fascinated with a guy who is so in love with a woman. In […]
Deleting Is So Hard To Do
Deleting is difficult. I read this in today’s NY Times. I also enjoyed a new favorite haunt, Northampton Coffee Company, on Pleasant St. It’s always early when I go in, and I get the paper and strong coffee and sit by the window looking out. “When normal deletion methods like […]
Making More Money on Gambling Than Flying
Travelmole included this intriguing info today. “Proceeds from in-flight gambling could eventually lead to Ryanair offering free flights for all passengers. The claim reportedly came from the Irish no-frills airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary as he unveiled plans to offer the use of mobile telephones on board flights by next […]
Naked by Night in St. Petersburg
I met a disguinguished man about my age in New York. He is Joseph Romero, the editor of Culturekiosque.com, a website devoted to international art, music, theater, dance and fine art. He was erudite, but friendly, and he spoke French and English and I’m sure more languages. We dined on […]