We’re down in New Jersey visiting my parents in their lovely home in Blawenburg. Mom’s garden is luscious, and in full bloom. One thing I love about visiting here is how many fascinating newspapers and magazines are all around us. I picked up the NY Times Sunday sports magazine and […]
The Wall Street Journal is, as Cindy would say, a great source of Blog Fodder. Last night’s editorial page was about a good idea gone bad. A good green idea that just didn’t work out. In 2005, the Nevada legislature decided to go green. So they passed a bill that […]
A few years ago, an Amherst writer named Dick Teresi came to interview me about a story he was writing for the AARP magazine about RV’ing. I picked up the recent issue of the magazine tonight, and found out that the article ran in the May/June issue. While trying to […]
In the weekend WSJ, there was a story that was short but sweet. It was about the challenges facing the whaling industry. Next week there will be a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage. But interest in their products seems to be fading away, moratorium or not. It’s […]
Today is a gorgeous warm day, and at 9:30 it’s already 80. Time to kick back and read yesterday’s WSJ, where a story about foreign language web content caught my eye. Yes, Virginia, only 30-40 percent of the web is written in English. The rest is a treasure trove of […]
I felt motivated thinking about the upcoming holiday, so this morning I mowed the lawn to a glorious green sheen. Then I picked up last night’s WSJ and read about chariot racing, an ancient sport that is making a comeback. Matt Moffett wrote a story with a Sao Simao, Brazil […]
Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign. Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? The Five Man Electrical Band said it so well in 1972….here is the new sign that local artist and signmaker Jim Taylor just made for the cafe. No […]
Last night I got back out on my bike for a 12-mile jaunt. Felt great. I came home and later that night read the WSJ and found out what cows and pigs eat these days. A story by Lauren Etter said they used to eat mostly corn, but today, the […]
Navigating China’s deepest gorge: This from MSNBC today, complete with a movie showing the harrowing drive up a gravelly road up a steep mountain. Adrienne Mong wrote this account. “Tiger Leaping Gorge is believed to be the world’s deepest gorge, measuring some 10,000 feet deep, between the Jade Dragon Snow […]
In Costco today, I stopped to read a magazine that was all about one man. That man is Ty Pennington, the host of ABC’s hit show “Extreme Home Makeover” and a pitchman for Sears, and many other brands. He’s a one-man conglomerate and has a finger on the pulse–why else […]
The co-editors at Boing Boing, one of the world’s most popular blogs, have named a new Virgin America aircraft: Unicorn Chaser. The airline’s first aircraft was named Jefferson Airplane in October by the band’s lead singer, Grace Slick. This is from a press release sent out by this new airline […]
John Jurgenson writes in today’s WSJ about Ingrid Michaelson, a young singer on Staten Island who struck it big in the Web 2.0 way. Secret Road Music Services found her Myspace Page and liked her music. So tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy final episode, the high-rated season ender, will feature her song […]