Tuesday morning was great in Boston. Nice and sunny with a little breeze. At least I thought it was nice out. I did see a few people walking around with heavy jackets on so I guess the nice warm weather is subject to individual preferences.
After a quick breakfast of a cereal bar and a coffee [...]

Arriving at the airport it was off to the baggage claim area. While it was quite a hike to get to the baggage area it was not nearly as far as I remember walking when I was in Chicago. I am sure then it was was at least 2 miles, at Logan it wasn’t more [...]

The trip to Boston was a typical trip, lots of time in the planes, lots of time in the airports and dead beat tired when you arrive at the destination. After 15.5 hours of travel time (2 hours for the time change, 8 hours of flight time and 5.5 hours airport and stop times) I [...]

One of the great debates about the north pole might finally be put to bed. 96 years after Commander Robert E. Peary claimed to have reached the north pole in 37 days the Barclays Capital Ultimate North Expedition has accomplished the same feat.
Led by British adventurer Tom Avery, the Ultimate North team consisting of 4 [...]

Today I am the feature blog on “The Blog of the Day“. It is a site that features different blogs on, (yes) a daily basis. Sites are picked from the many submissions they receive and today I am it.
This is an interesting site with a good concept. I found it a couple of months ago [...]

Tired of working 10-12 hours per day, five or six days a week? If you’re hairy and can walk on all fours while carrying someone on your shoulders, you might be able to get a job as a tourist-carrying donkey in the British beach resort of Blackpool. You would then be legally entitled to a [...]

Thanks to Skimmer who left a comment on my post titled “Winter’s Last Gasp?” and identified the birds as Snow Buntings. They are a common site in the arctic in the spring as they return to the north to their nesting grounds.
Skimmer, if you read this please leave me your e-mail address as I have [...]

Today I received a comment on a post I did back on November 1st, 2004 about a a Chrysler ad for a minivan with a DVD player in it and my thoughts on how parents use the TV as a babysitter. Read the original post and then come back and read the comment. The comment [...]

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommies out there. You have the toughest job in the world and for that we love and respect you.
The past week was a busy week so I thought I would update on what is new.
First of all the bowflex exercise routine and weight loss program has resulted in [...]

Several great days of spring gave way the other day so that winter could give her last gasp (we hope). As you can see in the picture it is snowing quite heavily and the poor birds are fluffed up trying to stay warm.
I was taking out the garbage when I spotted several of these little [...]