Birds of India - Showoff
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under India, Photography | Leave a Comment
I grabbed a shot of these two publicity-savvy cormorants a few weeks ago on a boat trip in the Periyar Tiger Preserve, in Southern India.
Read More..>>The New California Academy of Sciences
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under California, Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
I spent a day at the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. You really have to get there early to see the whole thing and have time for a lunch break. I missed the planetarium, but will return soon.
The California Academy of Sciences [2:16m]: Play […]
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History’s High Note
Posted on November 6, 2008 - Filed Under Culture | Leave a Comment
“History sometimes hits a high note, sweet and soaring, clean and clear, as if from Satchmo’s horn.”
Dayan Jayatilleka - Diplomat to the UN from Sri Lanka
I was optimistic that the election of Barack Obama would be a world-changing event, but I didn’t realize that the celebrations in the US and many countries around the world […]
Read More..>>My Close Encounter With Obama in Hawaii By Pico Iyer
Posted on November 5, 2008 - Filed Under Culture, Misc. | Leave a Comment
One of the worlds most insightful and sensitive travel writers comments on his encounter with Barack Obama.
From Time Magazine
Rational Exuberance: The Optimistic Traveler
Posted on November 1, 2008 - Filed Under Culture, Misc. | Leave a Comment
REVISION: The elections are over and for the first time America has a president that represents all of America and will do so to the rest of the world. I was at an election night party last night where we all toasted with pride that we could now go anywhere in the world and be […]
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