Berniegourley

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3743 )

• Outsourced as a Guide to Indian Corporate Culture?

  

  As my wife and I prepare for our move to Bangalore, we are doing research to help us avoid inadvertent insult and blasphemy . We’ve learned such useful facts as... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Tokyo Streetscene

  

  Taken in 2008 Tags: japan, photographs, photos, pictures, Tokyo, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Japan, photographs, Photos, pictures, Tourism,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Chau Say Tevoda Hawker

  

  Taken in October of 2012 in Angkor, Cambodia Tags: Angkor, Art, Cambodia, Chau Say Tevoda, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourle... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Shame List: 10 Iconic Movies That I’ve Never Seen

  Last week I made a confession about 25 books that I haven’t read that everyone else seems to have. This week, I thought I do the same for movies. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

  

  Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amazon page [NOTE: If you would like to read my reviews of the first four books, you can do so by... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DAILY PHOTO: Man and Nature

  

  Taken in July of 2010 in the Peruvian Andes Tags: Andes, Colca Canyon, peru, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Peru,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Strawhouse Theater

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia This is a temporary building that was built in a park for the 2011 summer season of the NO99 Theater Group in... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Are Action Movies Dazzling Us Silly?

  

  Just like everyone else, when I first watched The Avengers, I was awed. As I digested the experience, however, I realized how appallingly flawed the story was.... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• DAILY PHOTO: Radium Springs

  

  Taken December 2012 near Albany, Georgia 70,000 gallons per minute flow from this natural spring into the Flint River. That’s the equivalent of 70,000 low-tech... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Honkytonk City

  

  Taken Spring 2012 in Nashville, TN. Tags: honkytonks, music, Music City, Nashville, photographs, photos, pictures, Tennessee, tourism, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Otherworldly Topiary

  

  Taken in October 2012 in Bangkok Tags: Bangkok, Grand Palace, photographs, photos, pictures, Thailand, topiary, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kolomoki Mounds

  

  Taken at Kolomoki Mounds, Georgia in December of 2012. Tags: archeology, burial mounds, Georgia, Indians, Kolomoki Mounds, Native Americans,... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: How Do He Move All Those Legs?

  

  Taken in October 2012 at Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Tags: Ayutthaya, ayutthaya thailand, centiped, insect, nature, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Shame List: 25 Books I Should Have Read by Now

  

  To force myself to get cracking on more of the best books, I’m baring my shame. Below is a list of some of the books that it’s downright appalling I’ve failed t... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Drunk, Narcissist, Or Buddha: What Kind of Writer Are You?

  

  I read a story in The Guardian the other day entitled “What drives writers to drink?” It was actually an edited excerpt from a book by Olivia Laing entitled... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Convent’s Courtyard

  

  Taken in July of 2010 at Convento de Santa Catalina in Arequipa, Peru Tags: Arequipa, Convento de Santa Catalina, peru, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Big Ben

  

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  Posted on 31 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Montreal from Parc Du Mont-Royal

  

  Taken in March of 2011 in Montreal Tags: Canada, Montreal, Parc du Mont-Royal, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Towers of Tallinn

  

  Taken in the summer of 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia Tags: architecture, castle, Estonia, old town, photographs, photos, pictures, Tallinn, tallinn... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• MOVIE REVIEW: The Wolverine

  I don’t normally do movie reviews because, for one reason, I don’t watch that many movies–at least not in the timely fashion necessary to be relevant. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL