Random Past Posts
New Zealand’s Moeraki Boulders Here’s something strange. On a small stretch of Koekohe Beach -- about halfway up the Pacific Coast of New Zealand’s South Island -- there’s a group of a few dozen spherical rocks. The biggest are about six feet More...
Hooray for Hollywood!?! On my flight to LA recently, I was reading a book which, coincidentally, mentioned some research about living in California. It’s a great book, by the way: Thinking Fast & Slow. I swear it will make you wiser, happier, and richer. More...
Mardis Gras and Bacchus I think this was about my seventh year joining Shane and Michele (and Shane's enormouse Mardis Gras posse) in NOLA for the Bacchus Ball. It never disappoints. Scott and Stacy Humphries made their debut. I always say that More...
Scheisse! Stahlen sie meine Kamera!* You live and learn. For example, just a week or so ago, I didn't even know there WAS a German-speaking region of Italy (just south of the Austrian border). But now I've had the pleasure of explaining (in English) to More...
Pooram Gajmela: An Indian Elephant Walk There’s a Hindu parable about a group of blind men who encounter an elephant for the first time. They can touch only a small part of the elephant, so they have a tough time imagining what the larger ‘whole’ More...