The Pain Of Luxury In Haiti
Three days after the devastating earthquake that destroyed so many lives Haiti, the cruise ship Independence Of The Seas docked at a private beach about 100km from the country’s demolished [...]
Avatar ~ Kinda Not What I Expected
Okay, so I became a statistic, and what is increasingly becoming an insignificant one at that, as I went to see Avatar. You know, that movie that has raked in over $1 billion in under a month? The mega production brought to us by Titanic’s John Cameron? Blah, blah, blah?
Introducing Cam The Man!
I refuse to push my own Squidoo lenses on folks, but you are going to have to live with on this one occasion. After all, this one really does deserve all the trumpeting I can give it. It is a lens about my new grandson.
On December 12th, 2009, Cam The Man changed my status to First Time Grandfather. An early Christmas gift I will never forget.
Watch Lists: Terrorist Minor Leagues
Okay, I’m sure we all know by now that there was an attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jetliner that was bound for Detroit, on Christmas Day. And we know [...]
2012 ~ The End Of The World Has Gotta Be Better Than This
Okay, I did it. I did something I told myself I wouldn’t do. I betrayed my better sense of judgment and I was way wrong to do it.
What did I [...]
Not Every Story Is Great On St. Valentine’s Day
I don’t want to come across as an anti-romantic, but events of not so great Valentine’s Days keep raging through my mind today.
Of course there was the 1929 St. Valentine’s [...]
While The Snow Flies, Names Are Changed
Fifty-five inches of cold snow has fallen on Washington D.C. and the arguments about Global Warming are heating up.
It strikes me as funny that a snow storm or two can [...]
Take Your Clothes Off And Party! It’s Groundhog’s Day!
Long before I knew there was a Punxsutawney Phil, I knew of the tradition. The groundhog pops his head up and smiles, or says b-r-r-r-r-r.
Better than all the mystique about [...]
Of Methane and Men
The Wisconsin State Legislature is considering something a bit odd. They are looking at designating the Lactococcus lactis (the bacteria that helps turn mil into the famous Wisconsin cheese) as [...]
Full Story »Avatar ~ Part II
Okay, this is Avatar Part II, only because the last post here was my review of the movie.
The marketing gurus have really nailed this one to the tree. Seems that [...]
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