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Kellen Winslow had it made. A second year player for the Cleveland Browns, he had a huge contract and the playing time any linebacker would dream of. Today the starter lies in a hospital after sustaining serious injuries from an motorcycle accident. NFL player’s huge contracts come with many conditions. […]

Sunday morning in the California desert. The winds are gone, and the Mother’s Day is peaceful here. Early Saturday morning I got news that tops anything I can think of to write about this resort. My daughter Kate, a nurse in Miami, gave birth to her first child, and named […]

Warm temperatures brought many more sun lovers to DeAnza Springs, and the day also saw a party for the 85-year-old Clara, who has been at this park forever. She arrived at the party wearing a white bra and a huge smile, she was moved by the outpouring of love from […]

Tina Brown writes in the Washington Post today about “an interesting little documentary directed by Rosanna Arquette, “All We Are Saying,” that’s at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s about musicians, but it could just as well be about filmmakers or writers or painters, and it features exceptionally honest and heartfelt […]

I wish I could report that the nude lifestyle is all around me, but the weather here in Jacumba isn’t lending itself to any disrobing. All around me people are clothed in sweaters, jeans and fleeces, much to my dismay. I am hopeful that sun will come out this afternoon, […]

Thursday’s NY Times an inspiring tale about a now famous playwright. Tyler Perry didn’t become one of the world’s most successful playrights overnight. He struggled, and this is what makes his story worth telling. His shows about urban life have grossed more than $75 million in less than 10 years. […]

On Wednesday night I got a rude email from a student in California who wanted to come intern with us over the summer. She called GoNOMAD’s internship program “lame,” and then said she had gotten another internship at National Geographic. Then she told me to ‘shove it up my ass.” […]

At the end of day, I left the office to pack for my trip on Thursday to DeAnza Springs Resort, three miles from the Mexican border in the California desert. I thought about shorts, then thought, no, I won’t be wearing any. Then socks….you do need socks, even if you’re […]

This from the Sun, UK’s loudest and best tabloid. LONDON, England — Diminutive “Star Wars” actor Kenny Baker stopped complaining about his discomfort inside robot R2DT during filming for the sci-fi saga’s final episode – because the film crew plastered its interior with pictures of naked models. The 70-year-old actor […]

Lynn Yaeger writes about the proliferation of too bare naked ladies in the Village Voice “Look down. If there is a naked, flaccid expanse between the top of your bottom and the bottom of your top, you are giving us a problem this season. Not that the phenomenon of the […]

Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, a non-drug relaxation or stress-reduction method, reduces death rates by 23% and extends lifespan in the elderly, according to a study published in the May 2, 2005 issue of American Journal of Cardiology. The study found that compared to combined controls, the TM group showed: • […]

The Wall Street Journal reports on a new and intimate way to reach consumers–The corporate blog. The Italian scooter maker Vespa is giving this new concept a shot starting in June. “Piaggio is taking care. Its blog site, VespaBlogs.com, could launch by early June, says Steve Rubel, a VP at […]

This dispatch is from AOL news, about a pair rescued from the high seas. “The pair quenched their thirst with sea water and slipped into the ocean to cool off, but sharks chased them back onto the boat. At night, they used a single wet suit to keep warm. The […]

From a log book of the Atlantis, a research ship for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. “As I write this, the engine room is carefully adjusting the ship’s ballast. This is an interesting physics problem for all you scholars out there. As we burn fuel, we transform the heavy liquid […]

Alex Heard, of Outside Magazine, weighed in on Slate recently about a topic that many journos have been following, and including some admissions about his own less than impressive start in journalism. “In case you’ve missed the big media flap concerning a young woman named Krystal Grow, here’s a review. […]

Alexandra Jacobs writes in today’s NY Time’s style section about how you deal with picky eaters when you’re planning a dinner party. “There’s something irredeemably rude about phoning in your dietary preferences to a social acquaintance, as if you’re about to embark on a trans-Atlantic flight rather than a convivial […]

Today’s NY Times includes this story about the people of Mendham, NJ, who have fought in vain to keep Verizon from putting up a cell tower to improve reception in the hilly rich-people’s burg. Despite dead spots, neighbors are against a new tower–except one man: “Ms. Wood’s neighbor, Sammy Barsa, […]

We woke up to a grey morning in Holyoke. Outside the picture window, the feeders were alive with avian activity. A giant piliated woodpecker knawed on the suet, so long and aggressive with a big beak chomping down the beef fat that hangs next to the seeds. Then a bit […]