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Hello travelers, I can’t say ‘fellow travelers’ because I’ve never been anywhere. I'm pretty much rooted to one place.  Remember me? I...

America's Freedom Packages                            The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c America's Freedom Pac...

I saw a tweet that read “I am responsible for what I say, not for what you understand” and at first it seemed like an irrefutable axiom. Our...

Am I alone in complaining about the leg room and general comfort of airline seats these days? Probably not.  Everyone who has traveled coach...

I spent the weekend with an aunt in Gramado.  She had fascinating stories to tell and we had the opportunity to walk around town.  As a chil...

Saskia came with some pre-installed routines: eat, sleep, poop, jump, lick, wag, sniff and bark. Each native routine has subroutines. For ex...

This post is for my aunt.  I have three aunts but only one who reads this blog and this post is for her.  If you're not her this post wi...

I was once called a flat character by a flat character in my life.  The comment was directed at  a group of people, myself included.  I'...

You get up in the morning and follow your usual routine which may include ablutions, coffee, tea, exercise; whatever you feel is necessary t...

The floods in Brazil have killed almost 600 people. The news coverage of the devastation is continuous. None of the Brazilian stations cover...

The hot water main broke in my bathroom.  It had been poorly installed and when the plumber tried to shut off the water for a remodel projec...

What is the fascination people have for sharing information, posting blogs, pictures, facebook, myspace?   Posting mundane information, curr...

So Mark Twain’s classic story of a boy growing up in the American south during slavery is being rewritten… The adventures of Huckleberry Fin...

The stage has always been part of human civilizations. We have always had a need to tell stories. Take a caveman painting a hunting scene on...

(update) I have since been back with a decent camera and here is a new video where the cats described below are actually no longer invisible...