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Aussie Football Blends the Best of Three Sports

Aussie Football Blends the Best of Three Sports

I sat next to two young women on the long flight to Melbourne. One of the things they told me I should see while I was here was Australian Rules Football. So despite the jetlag, I took the tram down to Melbourne Cricket Grounds and soon I was holding a […]

Dean Torrance Shares Tales of the Glory Days

Dean Torrance Shares Tales of the Glory Days

Dean Torrance admitted that he did have a few regrets. This came after I asked him if he’d ever met any of the Beatles. Torrance is the Dean in Jan and Dean, the surf music band that had its heyday in the early sixties, when their songs like “Surf City” […]

Surfing With Charlos Is Harder Than It Looks

Surfing With Charlos Is Harder Than It Looks

Today I met a surfer named Charlos Bentley, who took me out to the big waves to teach me some techniques. “You’ll be taking some water, but don’t worry, it will be ok,” he counseled. After a few hours, I got off the board and nearly fell on the beach […]

Waking Up on the Pacific Coast to go Surfing

I’m looking out at the oil drilling rigs and the misty pacific ocean from the Sun ‘n Sands Motel in Huntington Beach. This is the place that I got after requesting something with ‘character,’ and made my host Wendy say in email that ‘of course you’d think it was marvelous, […]

First Stop, Huntington Beach, aka Surf City

First Stop, Huntington Beach, aka Surf City

I tossed and turned last night, having dreams that I forgot to blog, or missed a flight, or some other figment of my imagination as I contemplate the nine days of travel ahead of me. Like so many other times, the nervous nellie in me makes packing, planning and actually […]

What’s Good for the Goose….Is Great for the Gander

Last night I read a story in the WSJ by Anita Raghavan about men who receive alimony–and don’t feel a bit bad about it. The story profiled a group of men whose high-earning wives paid them thousands of dollars a month, and resented the hell out of it. One producer […]

The Joy of Taking It All to the Dump

Ah the joy, the sweet utter joy, of ridding your lawn of the detrius that builds up over the long New England winter. I have been looking at the sticks, pine needles, and leaves that pile up and make my house look like a suburban ghetto. I have seen them […]

Stealing Her Blind, Employee Acts Like a Friend

On Saturday night, we had apple pie with a charming woman who said she doesn’t have many dates. It was surprising, because she was so much fun, and attractive, and she had what most men would want in a woman. As our pie plates were cleaned, the conversation topic turned […]

The Lonely Milkmen Wait, With Nothing to Do

It’s frustratingly cold, snow is on the lawn, and we’re heading to VT for a surprise 50th birthday. But I still had time this morning to read a few nuggets in my favorite newspaper, the WSJ. In India, there are milkmen who punch in to work every morning at the […]

Apple Breaks the Rules of Niceness–and Wins

I quickly finished reading the April issue of Wired last night. The cover story was about how Apple does well by going against all of the cooperative, sharing, and caring principals that have made other Silicon Valley businesses successful. They hide from the press and play hardball with anyone who […]

Black Funeral Directors Do Battle Every Day

Outside I am watching two ducks attempt to mate, splashing around on a half-frozen pond. Ahh, spring! Even little bunny hop has made an appearance, so, despite the threat of a snowstorm tomorrow, spring is coming along. We have brought back ice coffee and coffee ice cubes at the cafe, […]

Just Then Another Lady in a Bikini Popped Out

Just Then Another Lady in a Bikini Popped Out

Scott Huler wrote a book about the trail of Odysseus, called Öne Man’s Odyssey, and we published an excerpt on GoNOMAD. Here is a nugget I enjoyed. A Single WordHeading towards a beach camping area that I thought might provide at least some shade and perhaps a public toilet, I […]

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