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• BOOK REVIEW: You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming

  

  You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming My rating: 3 of 5 stars When the film Casino Royale came out, it was panned by Roger Ebert, but not because it was a bad film. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• DAILY PHOTO: Selbe River in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

  

  Selbe Gol; Taken in 2007 Tags: Mongolia, nature, photographs, photos, pictures, river, Selbe Gol, Selbe River, tourism, travel, UlaanbaatarBy B... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Piccadilly Circus, London

  

  Taken 1989 Imagine my dismay as a hayseed teenager to discover that Piccadilly Circus wasn’t really a circus at all. There was not an elephant or a trapeze... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• It’s All Fish Balls and Kipper Snacks From Here on Out

  

  Owing to a freakish and inexplicable popularity of this blog with Norwegians, I recently received a quasi-lucrative endorsement offer from the King Oscar... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Easter Bunny

  

  Maybe not “The Easter Bunny”, but an Easter bunny Tags: bunny, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, rabbit, wildlifeBy B Gourley in... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Khlong Toei Wet Market

  

  Need some wriggling snakes for dinner? This is your place. Tags: Bankok, frogs, Khlong Toei, photographs, photos, pictures, snakes, Thailand,... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Why I’m a Slacker Lately: Or, Mysterious India

  

  What’s this India I hear so much about? I haven’t been writing, editing, or conducting research much as of late. This has probably gone unnoticed in the vastnes... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Pisaq Landscape

  

  The Urubamba River Valley lies unseen between these ridges Tags: pictures, travel, photos, tourism, photographs, peru, Andes, Pisaq, Urubamba RiverB... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Detective Story by Imre Kertész

  

  Detective Story by Imre Kertész My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page Hungarians have won their fair share of Nobel Prizes–more than most for a country of... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Indianapolis City Market

  

  Looking down from the top of the stairs. Tags: City Market, Indianapolis, market, photographs, photos, tourism, travelBy B Gourley in Indiana,... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• CLASSIC WORKS: Bushidō by Inazo Nitobe

  

  Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page On the whole, people are ambivalent about feudal times. On the one hand, it was... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DAILY PHOTO: Cabins at Seurasaari Island

  

  Rustic cabins in the woods Tags: Cabin, Finland, Helsinki, Moss, nature, outdoors, photographs, photos, pictures, rustic cabins, Seurasaari, tourism... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman

  

  Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page One might think that a novel written by a physicist would make for dreadful reading–and... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DAILY PHOTO: Buddha in Phnom Penh

  

  Taken on the grounds of the Royal Palace in October 2012 Tags: Buddha, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, photographs, photos, Statue, tourism, travelBy B Gourle... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• CLASSIC WORKS: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

  

  Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page If you’re like me, you had to read this in high school. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• DAILY PHOTO: Jekyll Island Live Oak

  

  The underside of a Live Oak. There’s nothing that creepifies a place more than live oaks and Spanish moss. Live oak is a tree species whose limbs stretch out... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Jack Daniel’s Distillery Original World Headquarters

  

  Taken Summer 2012 Jack Daniel’s Distillery Tour Tags: Bourbon, Distillery, distillery tour, jack daniel, Jack Daniel's, photographs, photos,... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Qorikancha, Cuzco, Peru

  

  Convento De Santo Domingo / Qorikancha; Taken 2010 A Roman Catholic Convent, Convento De Santo Domingo, was built over an important Incan site, Qorikancha... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• 5 Classics of Martial Arts Cinema

  Martial arts cinema ranges from the horrible through the campy to the excellent. There is one ever-present risk facing this genre. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: 1989 RAF Mildenhall Airshow

  

  Taken in 1989 at RAF Mildenhall I heard that this was the biggest military airshow in Europe that year because a horrible crash at the 1988 Ramstein Air Show... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL