Posted in March 2010 …
Firenze Merda – Hotel Figo
I wasn’t a big fan of Florence, but I have to admit that our hotel was pretty cool:
Foot and Mouth Disease Memorial – London
A rather unique memorial to some of the many victims of human excess and folly can be found humbly tucked away in a small garden along the Thames Path near The Cutty Sark Tavern in Greenwich: If you are not able to make out the text on the marker for some reason, it reads as … Continue reading »
Trinidad and Tobago: The World’s Newest Narcostate?
It seems I didn’t give Trinidad and Tobago the respect it deserved when we visited, as the Foreign Policy article below my T&T pictures reveals… Trouble in Paradise Of late, Patrick Manning, the prime minister of the tiny island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, has been publicly contemplating deploying the country’s navy to patrol the … Continue reading »
Convict Lake, California
Convict Lake and Creek are so named as the result of an encounter here September 17, 1871, between Robert Morrison, Benton merchant and member of a posse of citizens, and three convicts who had escaped from the Carson City, Nevada, State Penitentiary. Morrison encountered the convicts at the present Convict Creek, then known as Monte … Continue reading »
Katelyn Crying…
Just for the record, I am not the reason for her crying…
Quote Of The Day
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who … Continue reading »
