Berniegourley

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• DAILY PHOTO: Barbershop Harmony Society

  

  Taken March 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee Tags: Barbershop Harmony Society, Nashville, photographs, photos, pictures, Tennessee, tourism, travelBy B... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Blatant Blog Post Theft by Martial Arts Outfitters

  In all my years of blogging, I haven’t caught any incidents of blatant plagiarism of my posts… until now. I was looking through the martial arts posts and saw... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Budapest Alagút

  

  Taken Summer of 2011 Tags: Alagút, Budapest, Hungary, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Hungary, photographs,... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Corrections Museum in Bangkok

  

  Taken in October of 2012 An old prison complex turned into a park containing a museum of corrections. Tags: Bangkok, Corrections Museum, photographs... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• The IT Revolution & Crises of Self-Importance

  

  Source: Ed Poor at Wikipedia.en If you’re as old as I (no, I’m not Wilford Brimley old by any stretch), you remember the days when you couldn’t count on... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Cristo Blanco in Cuzco

  

  Taken in July of 2010 Tags: Cristo Blanco, Cuzco, peru, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Peru, photographs, Photos,... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Prague at Steeple Height

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2002 in Prague Tags: Czech Republic, photographs, photos, pictures, Prague, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Czech Republic,... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Ed Sullivan Theater

  

  Taken Summer of 2007. Tags: city, David Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, photographs, photos, pictures, tourism, travelBy B Gourley... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Rules for Virgins by Amy Tan

  

  Rules for Virgins by Amy Tan My rating: 3 of 5 stars Amazon page This Kindle Single is written in the form of advice by a Madam to the newest member of her... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Wind-up Bird

  

  I caught this little bird mid-hop in Beijing, ironically near the Olympic sporting venue called “the Bird’s Nest.” Taken in Beijing in the summer of 2008 near... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Ulan Bator Sukhbaatar Square

  

  Taken in 2007 This is the town square in the center of Ulan Bator. Off-frame to the right would be the Parliament Building fronted by a massive statue of Genghi... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• There’s No Such Thing as a Silly Question? LIAR!

  I’m shocked by how easily a piece of “common wisdom” can become accepted despite being patently and demonstrably wrong. The best example may be, “There’s no suc... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: The Brunswick Courthouse & Stew

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2012. Brunswick is a coastal port town in Georgia that claims to be the point of origin for Brunswick Stew. (A claim that is apparently... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kálmán Széll Square in Budapest

  

  This was called Moscow Square at the time this was taken (late 1990′s, I believe), but is now called Kálmán Széll Square. Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• FLASH FICTION: Bob Newhart with a Gun

  

  Attribution: Jim Wallace (Smithsonian Institution)Bob, Bob! Why do you want to kill me? Bob. In my dream I remember running, running away from Bob Newhart, a... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• DAILY PHOTO: Of Huts and Mansion

  

  Taken October 2012 This was taken in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I don’t even remember what the big white building in the background was–some government building.... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Hardened Aircraft Shelter

  

  Taken in 1988 when I was stationed at RAF Woodbridge. Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS) are heavy-duty aircraft hangers designed to prevent the wholesale... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Peruvian Fountain

  

  Taken in 2010 I took this in a village on the way to Colca Canyon to see the Condors. Tags: Andes, Colca Canyon, fountain, peru, photographs, photos... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: San Ignacio Street Scene

  

  San Ignacio, Belize street scene; Taken 2007 San Ignacio is a quaint town in Belize near the border with Guatemala. It’s a popular hangout for travelers visitin... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Watchmen by Moore & Gibbons

  

  Watchmen by Alan Moore My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page When one sees lists of must-read books, if there is a graphic novel on the list, it’s probably this... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL