Berniegourley

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• DAILY PHOTO: Horses in a Parade (if You’re Baked)

  

  Taken at the 2011 DragonCon Parade in Atlanta, GA By B Gourley in Blogs on June 18, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Riverine Aquarium in Albany, Georgia

  

  Taken in Spring 2012 Tags: Albany, aquarium, Georgia, photographs, photos, pictures, river, riverine, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Georgia, nature... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: What Part of the Hiker is This?

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Veresegyház, Hungary Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.ShareShare on Tumblr Pin ItEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Come to My Troll-free Under-the-Bridge Emporium

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2008 in Tokyo. Tags: japan, photographs, photos, pictures, street scene, Tokyo, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Japan,... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Row! Row! Row! Your Boat

  

  Taken in October of 2012 in Chiang Mai, Thailand Tags: Chiang Mai, photographs, photos, pictures, river, rowing, Thailand, tourism, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Your Post-Apocalyptic Guidance Counselor Is In

  I’ve been reading World War Z because I had heard it’s an interesting book and because it went on sale–presumably in anticipation of the movie that comes out... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Path to Titicaca

  

  Taken July of 2010 on Amantani Island in Peru Tags: Amantani Island, Andes, Lake Titicaca, peru, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The Snowden Dilemma

  [This was previously posted in my blog, Strategic Ramblings.] As I–and everyone else– follow the slew of articles on Edward Snowden, I saw the following quote... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Teachable and Unteachable Lessons

  

  [Note: This is posted in my Jissen Budōka blog as well.] Source: Wikipedia; Status: Public Domain Miyamoto Musashi, who was undefeated in over 60 duels,... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Just Park Your Lorry in the Ship

  

  Taken in the summer of 2011 in Helsinki Tags: cruise ship, Finland, Helsinki, lorry, photographs, photos, pictures, semi, tourism, tractor-trailer,... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Eight-Legged Freak

  

  Taken June 8, 2013 in Little Mulberry Park (Dacula, GA) Tags: Georgia, Gwinnett County, leaf, Little Mulberry Park, nature, outdoors, photo,... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Thistle Flowers Are the Bee’s Knees

  

  Taken June 8, 2013 in Little Mulberry Park (Dacula, GA) Tags: bee, Dacula, dacula ga, Georgia, Little Mulberry Park, nature, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Is India More Rape-prone Than Other Countries?

  

  As I prepare to move to India with my wife, the string of high-profile rapes that have taken place in recent months in India have not gone unnoticed. This past... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Dining in the Forbidden City

  

  Taken in the summer of 2008 in the Forbidden City (Beijing, China) If you were a concubine in Imperial China, this is the kind of room in which you might take... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Artifacts of Torture

  

  Taken in October of 2012 at Tuol Sleng in Phnom Penh. The artworks high in the frame demonstrate how the otherwise nondescript implements of torture were used. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Chichen Itza Wall Carvings

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2009 Tags: Chichen Itza, Maya, Mexico, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travel, YucatanBy B Gourley in Mexico,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Munition Storage Area at RAF Woodbridge

  

  Taken in 1988 or 1989 at RAF Woodbridge. This is the Non-Nuclear Munition Storage Area at RAF Woodbridge. Those berms are the backside of storage bunkers where... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Color v. Black & White

  

  Taken June 2013 at Lullwater Park in Atlanta. The same in black and white Tags: Atlanta, Emory University, Lullwater Park, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Roadside Foxglove

  

  Taken June 2, 2013 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia This flower is the source of a common heart medicine. Tags: Atlanta, atlanta georgia,... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Headstone Sales in a Tallinn Market

  

  Taken in the summer of 2011 I can’t recall anywhere besides Estonia that I’ve seen headstones for sale in a run-of-the-mill market. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL