I was sent this link and I had to write about it because 1) it is so rare that twin gorillas are born and survive and 2) because I had spent time in Bwindi NP in 2004 watching the gorillas and they are just amazing creatures. Check out the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/sc_afp/ugandawildlifegorilla_081203121032 …
As I wrote about in an earlier blog entry, over Columbus Day weekend in October a bunch of us (3 foursomes) took a trip to Pinehurst, NC to play the legendary Pinehurst #2 as well as the other fantastic golf courses that are part of the Pinehurst complex and the surrounding area. What a blast it was….
A few months ago, I organized a trip to Walla Walla for 24 friends to do a weekend of wine tasting. While I am not necessarily a wine connoisseur, experience has made me a decent trip planner. Plus, with Beth Ann’s help – in her spare time she dreams of being a Washington State winemaker…
I just got an email from Brandon Gillespie who owns the restaurant and wine bar Beato in West Seattle. He is the husband of a good friend of my sister (in-law) – practically related… 8^) He started Beato two years ago and now due to economic conditions, he has to close the doors for good…
A friend of mine just sent me a link to a cool webpage called Newseum which hosts the front pages of over 714 newspapers in the US and in 66 other countries. You can see a screenshot of some of the covers from Pennsylvania newspapers below. Obviously they all have Obama on the front. and…
I blogged back in August about the cool Live Search Olympics backgrounds that they used on their home page at: http://www.live.com However, I had to write about the feature again since the Live Search really pulled at my heart strings with the background image that they had up there today. Oh, how it made my…
After 1.5 years of treating my Treo 750 horribly and a rapidly declining battery life, it finally decided to die on me Thursday night. I had been dreading the moment since I knew that it would force me to make the decision between getting the iPhone and getting some other random Windows Mobile version. After…
No matter what you think of the new I’m a PC Windows ads and no matter what you think about Windows Vista, when you take a step back and look at the effect of the campaign on the Apple advertising tactics, it has been dramatic. The most visible effect — Apple is no longer running…
I leave tomorrow night for the next stop on my quest to play all of the top 100 public golf courses before I die….. This time: Pinehurst #2, Pine Needles, and Pinehurst #8 which are the #5, #43, and #94 respectively. In addition to those, we are playing a bunch of other great courses…
No matter what your politics are, it is clear that Sarah Palin is the brunt of a ton of jokes in the days leading up to the debate tonight. Here are a few funny ones that I have gotten forwarded to me in the last few days. Tonight should be interesting… http://palinbingo.com/ http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1831461 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRTXJSyTjo&hl=en&fs=1&hl=en]…