Claire took this photo of a neat bike rack in Salem, Oregon from the window of Turtle, our motorhome, as we drove into Salem to visit friends. The Android ap for uploading directly from the...
Pearling those bookmarks is a helluva lot more fun....
Claire riding a steep section of the hill just before Paradise, CA near Chico. We are guessing this section was maybe 12 percent. This is part of the Chico Century ride, and the site of...
One day I decided to hit the streets of Auckland, New Zealand and accost unlikely cruise ship tourists. The idea was to find out how they say Kiwi-isms (0r Kiwi Speak.) The result was pretty...
Eric and I decided to splurge and go out for a Margarita last night. There is a hotel-restaurant nearby that claims to serve them. The hotel has several restaurants; unfortunately it turned out that the...
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Nothing better than the metaphor coined by Italy’s Alessandro Manzoni to describe Don Abbondio’s predicament in The Bethroted, “I Promessi Sposi”, to illustrate Europe’s current untenable economic position. “A vessel of fragile earthenware, ...
"Pay what you feel is fair?"
The incredible Steve2 duo (Levitt and Dubner) of Freakonomics fame may be on to something big.
Stop. Let's forget the little economist in all of us here. While price...
America's autonomic fight-or-flight response gets a rest this week. After eight day-years the clock on "24" is going to stop ticking, with a two-hour finale Monday on FOX. Millions of viewers will be coming down...
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