There is no holiday from the headache of running into ignorance.
Aug 092010
The first geocache hunt in Kristiansand, Norway, lands the seeker in church.
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.
Aug 062010
It’s not just vacation – it’s getting out of the country.
The Russian spy story of 2010 reminds us of how critical a role we have played in each other’s lives.
Summer vacations can also be ventures away from habit – especially when it comes to the U.S. media and the discussions they generate.
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…. [...]
As I logged off from my home page last night, one of the last headlines to catch my eye via my Yahoo! feed was “Music Mogul Cowell Backs Tories.” Well, there. That should solve everything, right? It was enough to send me to bed, I assure you. My friends in Great Britain, you have my [...]
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Apr 292010
Update: My dialogue with my ISP is ongoing. I have a connection, but it drops radically from time to time. I can’t fault Verizon’s tech support for attention; they faithfully call every day to see how I’m doing and make suggestions. Still, it hasn’t rained since Tuesday – so to my mind, the real verdict’s [...]
If you want some evidence of the problems with U.S. broadband service and access, consider this blog. I started my blogging Sunday evening. Unfortunately, a rainstorm moved into the region. For four years, summer rain in Philadelphia has signaled the disruption of my Verizon DSL service (for which I now cough up $23.99/month) – and [...]