Contemporary Communications, Crossing Cultures, Media (Newspaper), Media (TV), Norway, Social Networking, Societal Spin, Sweden, The Internet, Travel, US in the World
Aug 192010

There is no holiday from the headache of running into ignorance.

A trip to a Scandinavian supermarket is a riveting attraction for the touring American.

The first geocache hunt in Kristiansand, Norway, lands the seeker in church.
Crossing Cultures, Environment & Nature, Geocaching, Norway, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Psychology, The Internet, Travel, US in the World
Aug 092010

It’s a little like messages in bottles, or cards on balloons, granting a peek into a fellow human in a world that still has room for exploration.
Contemporary Communications, Conversations, Crossing Cultures, Happiness, Linguistics, Norway, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Psychology, Social Networking, The Internet, Travel
Aug 062010

It’s not just vacation – it’s getting out of the country.
Books, Computers, Contemporary Communications, Crossing Cultures, Espionage, Games & Apps, Media (Newspaper), Media (TV), Movies, Russia, Senior Living for Non-Seniors, TV Series, The Internet, US in the World, United Kingdom, Writing and Editing
Jul 022010

The Russian spy story of 2010 reminds us of how critical a role we have played in each other’s lives.
Contemporary Communications, Crossing Cultures, Happiness, Media (Newspaper), Media (TV), Norway, Psychology, Social Networking, Societal Spin, Sweden, The Internet, US in the World, Writing and Editing
Jun 302010

Summer vacations can also be ventures away from habit – especially when it comes to the U.S. media and the discussions they generate.
I’ve been pondering my Swedish friend Pelotard’s marvelous blog about his American grill – that is, ever since I finished laughing over it. I’ve also savored the vision of how we might change our commentary on government policies to the type former Prime Minister Carl Bildt received. Less talk, more lunch boxes would be greatly [...]
Blogging, Contemporary Communications, Conversations, Crossing Cultures, Environment & Nature, Gulf of Mexico, Media (Newspaper), Media (TV), Psychology, Social Networking, The Internet, US in the World, Writing and Editing
Jun 092010

Your own thoughts, emotional habits, and actions in the past have been the primary focus of creating your current experience in the world. And every time you react to another person or thing with a particular set of thoughts or emotions, you’re deepening a tendency to see a world based on those types of projections…. [...]

The funny thing about blogging is, if you’ve been on a computer doing something else for two weeks straight, coming back to it doesn’t feel at all like a return. What does feel strange is the act of writing. After a fortnight of immersion in the vocabulary of the body as captured on film, and [...]