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.

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The New California Academy of Sciences

Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under Video, California, Tech & Science | 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.

 
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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 [...]

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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

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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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