I ordered some books about Africa from Amazon and am deep into Jeffrey Tayler’s new book ‘Facing the Congo.’ In the book a mild-mannered American who is living in Russia gets the urge to go deep into Africa…he boards a barge and goes up the Congo River to the remote […]
Today’s NY Post, (the best newspaper website around, and it has everything that the paper has) reports on a savage attack by Naomi Campbell on her assistant while traveling in Rio. “Fiery supermodel Naomi Campbell has allegedly attacked another one of her assistants — beating her with a BlackBerry and […]
Real Simple, despite its grammatically flawed moniker, is a hefty and well crafted magazine. It is one of the biggest success stories in publishing, right up there with O, Oprah’s category killer mag. I picked up an old issue while I was the gym and found a guide to “Reading […]
There are almost 842 pounds of moon rock on earth. Most of it was gathered during the Apollo missions, and about 841 of these pounds are under US Government control. The tiny balance, writes Christopher S. Stewart in the April issue of Wired, might be available from “RS” which stands […]
I was invited to speak at the Springfield, MA Rotary luncheon on Friday. An associate, Paul MacDonald, at a company I work with saw the article in BusinessWest magazine, and decided that I had what it takes to stand up in front of 100 or so businesspeople and talk. So […]
Vladimir Putin wakes up each morning at about 11 am. George Bush, a lark, wakes up at 5 am and goes to be no later than ten each night. Today’s New York Times styles section includes a story about early risers and what that all really means. In the story, […]
Today’s New York Times included an article about how tough it is to be one of the army recruiters now that the war has put so much death and injury in the news. “Recruiters said falling short often generates a barrage of angry correspondence, formal reprimands, threats or even demotion. […]
We went to a big swish party last night, it was the fifthtieth birthday of a neighbor of the friends we were visiting in Westchester County. It was a grand time; there was a raw bar with briny, plump little necks, and delicate crab cakes passed by staff. I met […]
William Safire writes in the New York Times magazine about words, and he picked up on a new one floating around Egypt. The country is ruled by a dictator named Hosni Mubarak. He wants his son to replace him, and the Egyptians are finally saying “Enough!” There was a protest […]
I have written before about our interest in developing podcasts, short interviews with travel writers to reflect and add depth to stories they have published on GoNOMAD. I envision a wonderfully synchronous new feature, that you could load on your little Ipod and listen to while on the airplane headed […]
In Australia, farmers and others HATE bunnies. That’s because these creatures decimate the farmland and eat everything in sight. Because of this popular hatred, when it comes to Easter icons, the rabbit is out. Now it’s time to celebrate the Easter Bilby. Rabbits, according to today’s Wall Street Journal, are […]
Today began with a meeting with our new bookkeeper who is going to organize us and show us how to use the wonder that is Quickbooks. Her name is Bonnie, and she has climbed big mountains with the famous outdoorsman Phil Buck. Buck is known for his voyages, among them […]