Unclaimed Baggage store

Find out where all the stuff that gets left at the airport ends up...eventually.

No pollen ? No problem

Have you seen these commercials ?

Not to miss out on a marketing opportunity, the good folks at Claritin have started selling its products as a way to help relieve sinus congestion due to head colds. Kind of a pricey solution (for consumers) if you ask me but you 've got to give them credit for trying to make sales during what is obviously their slow time of year.

What's next, sun tan lotion that helps soothe winter dry skin ? Hey...

Sgt. Peppers...who's who

The Sgt. Pepper album cover can be seen below as an image map. Simply click on the face of the person you wish to know more about and you will be taken to a short biography

Paper Clips

No Opportunity Wasted

"Turns dreamers into doers"

Finally, a "make over" show that's worth watching...and living.

Thoreau on Seeing - Landscapes

"Objects are concealed from our view not so much because they are out of the course of our visual ray as because there is no intention of the mind and eye toward them. We do not realize how far and widely, or how near and narrowly, we are to look. The greater part of the phenomena of nature are for this reason concealed to us all our lives."

"There is just as much beauty visible to us in the landscape as we are prepared to appreciate, - not a grain more."

Henry David Thoreau - Seeing - From the entry of Nov. 4, 1858: A rainy day.


It is up to the reader to determine what "landscape" they chose to apply the act of seeing towards....children, relationships and (most difficult) introspection are just as appropriate as the trees, grasses and hilltops surrounding Thoreau's Walden. - TK

R-E-S-P-E-C-T...find out what it really means to Pedro

one word..

Money

I mean how much do you really need to live large in the Dominican ? Please

Here's how the final days went down.

Ted's Happy Place

They just don't make them like this anymore...do you think Barry Bonds spends his off season putting together charts on hitting ?

Imagine if he did.

Merry Christmas !! 

Google Suggest

Google "thinks" while you type....cool !

Wanted : Birdnest in Manhattan, will work for food

Pale Male...long time resident Red Tail Hawk evicted from Manhattan perch

Better than new...bet you can't wait to put mile 88203 on this. 

17.158...Who knew ?

Maybe it was my imagination or just the pouring rain causing the car to hesitate, but I came pretty close to running out of gas on the way home last night. I thought I could make it to the next exit, but I'm glad I didn't.

After pulling in and filling up, I noticed that I put in 17.158 gallons of gas...that's about all you could get into a 15 gallon tank.

Hogs Breath Inn

A nice place if you're in the neighborhood.

It helps that Clint owns the place too.

Not mine...but remember when ? 

Experts Urge People to Unplug Occasionally

Off ramp Ecosystem

I often wonder while driving around the circle that leads on or off the highway if anyone has every studied the habitat that is found on the inside of the roadway? It seems to be a perfect place to study the plants and animals that are clearly cut off from the rest of the world...similar to what Darwin found in the Galapagos, although admittedly not as extreme. I wonder what a turtle, mouse or other small creature thinks of his "world" which is surrounded by high hills, harsh pavement and huge loud vehicles that speed by waiting to crush anything that gets in its path?

Do any inhabitants make it out and then return to tell the tale of the world on the other side of the road ?

Do the birds tell their flightless friends what's out there ?

Or, are they content and safe in knowing that they are just as protected from invaders coming in as they are trapped in escaping ?

Or, do I just spend too much time on the road ?

The Maine Desert...and much more

Odd tourist attractions and hilarious stops for your next vacation or road trip -- Roadside America's favorite places and strange sights

Maine reading for kids

Lots of great stories here...including a family favorite.

"Lost On A Mountain in Maine," by Donn Fendler as told to Joseph B. Egan.

An inspiring true story. Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler tires of waiting for his father and brothers to join him at the summit of Katahdin, deciding to find his own way back to camp. A fast-moving fog obscures the path. He wanders aimlessly for two weeks, while rescue teams searched for him.

Paul Rezendes - tracker, photographer

OVERVIEW - Artistic, high-quality, large-format images of natural and rural American landscapes, especially of New England and the East. From intimate closeups to spectacular panoramas of national and state parks, wildlife refuges, seashores, forests, mountains, rivers, lakes, marshes, sunrises/sunsets.

The Volts Wagon

...seen on the back of an electricians van this morning.

Rameses II and the 10th Plague

Facts and fiction as old bones are brought into the light.

LUXOR, Egypt — Out of the blinding light of a fall morning here in the Valley of the Kings, American archeologist Kent Weeks led the way down a narrow, stone passageway and into the entrance of a tomb.

Live

An ounce of experience is worth a pound of theory.
New England proverb

Digital Camera Review

We finally made the jump. Here is a great site with a wealth of information and reviews on all the models and brands out there.

Sports Rage Has Yet to Reach the Ovals

The economics of fan hostility has yet to catch Nascar drivers, who still talk in Tobacco Road speak with their red-state base as a nifty camouflage for their Wall Street wealth as living, breathing commodities.

New Yor Times

....and not one mention of Tony Stewart, wow !

How To Steal Wi-Fi

And how to keep the neighbors from stealing yours.
By Paul Boutin

Hooters is Protecting its Assets

"We believe we are defending the integrity of our intellectual property rights"

What are two words that I'd never thought I'd see in an article about Hooters ?

There's nothing like going to see Santa at the Mall on a Tuesday in mid November !!  

Its the truth

I went sky divin',
I went rocky mountain climbin',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fu Manchu.
And I loved deeper,
And I spoke sweeter,
And I gave forgiveness I've been denying,
And he said someday I hope you get the chance,
To live like you were dyin'.
- Tim McGraw (or some other guy that wrote this for him while he was busy picking out hats)

November 17th - From my desk calendar

If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry Thoreau

The Amazing Race 6

What's most amazing is that they continue to find contestants that we just love to see fail miserably (or is it just me?)

Too bad Boston missed its one shot at being in the show last night when (apparently) nothing worth showing happened at their connecting flights to Iceland. I guess no one from Massport played nice with the producers during filming.

Giving "Point and Shoot" a new meaning

HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) -- Hunters soon may be able to sit at their computers and blast away at animals on a Texas ranch via the Internet, a prospect that has state wildlife officials up in arms.

Are you kidding me !!?? The only thing more boring than sitting in the woods all day waiting for something to come along (to shoot at) is sitting at a COMPUTER all day looking at the woods waiting for something to come by.

Wait until the anti bear-baiting folks get a hold of this !!

Garrett at soccer...go Dragon Crushers !!  

The Persuaders

Each year, legions of ad people, copywriters, market researchers, pollsters, consultants, and even linguists-most of whom work for one of six giant companies-spend billions of dollars and millions of man-hours trying to determine how to persuade consumers what to buy, whom to trust, and what to think.

"3" One Man. One Sport. One Nation

Barry Pepper stars as Dale...Saturday, December 11 at 9:00pm

Bingo ! Pats win 29-6

Wide receiver-turned-cornerback Troy Brown (80) can't contain his excitment after coming up with an interception in the fourth quarter.
(Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)

Pilatus Cam

Weather camera. View from the top of Mount Pilatus.

I can't believe I'm still here to see it snow again !!

What I'm reading...1984, Orwell

...or trying at least. Might be a tough one to get through.

In 1984, Winston Smith lives in London which is part of the country Oceania. The world is divided into three countries that include the entire globe: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania, and both of the others, is a totalitarian society led by Big Brother, which censors everyone’s behavior, even their thoughts.

So that's what happens when the lights go out in Georgia

59-Year-Old Set to Give Birth to Twins

The news was even more shocking considering Harris — the mother of five, grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of six — had her tubes tied 33 years ago after the birth of her youngest child.

Po Bronson - Writer

For Veterans...past and present.

Thank you.

God Bless America
by Irving Berlin

God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above;
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.
God bless America,
My home, sweet home.

NASCAR lifts ban on liquor sponsorship

Does this mean they'll be doing shots in the Winner's Circle ??

I can see it now..."I tell you what, this Jack Daniels and Coke Chevy team was juiced today and put me in a position to win..."

Pictures in Pictures

This will make your eyes cross...thankfully answers are provided if you can't find them.

Ecco Domani

The Merlot grape has been cultivated in Trentino, Italy since 1870 with exceptional results particularly on the hillside areas near Trento City and in the Vallagarina Valley

Daffy, Bugs, Wyle E, etc etc etc

In case you missed it, Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two was just released. This would look wonderful sitting under the tree this Christmas (hint, hint) for the boys of course.

(Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence)

That'll leave a mark

Largest ever field of impact craters uncovered

Walk this way

It turns out that whether a stroll is taken uphill or down, the cardiovascular system benefits, a finding that researchers predicted yesterday could yield important clues in the nation's increasingly urgent quest to slow twin epidemics of heart disease and obesity. -Stephen Smith, Boston Globe

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.
        Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

10/5/04 - Looking out my window

A November gale blows the branch
And shakes the last leaves free.
It warns us not to fight the journey
And to embrace whatever will be.

Snow on Main Street

First snow in Millinocket...let's hope it doesn't head South any time soon !

2005 Stamps

Stamp a Muppet in 2005

http://www.unhooked.com/sep/writers.htm

"Yet the link between alcoholism and creativity remains unproven. Many of the most notable American writers managed to stay away from the bottle. The list includes Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Mary McCarthy, Upton Sinclair, Emily Dickinson, Henry Thoreau, Zane Gray, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Saul Bellow, William Golding, Robert Frost, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, James Michener, Lillian Hellman, Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor."

Cornhole

I knew I should of started to market/brand this when I saw it being played in a Maine campground in 2001.

I guess folks in the midwest didn't watch Beavis and Butthead before choosing the name of the game.

"Cincinnati is the hotbed of a popular game played with a beanbag filled with corn"

A good book, I'm told...The Romance of Boston Bay

Signed...for a good deed.

Boston, 1944 . 1st. 319 pp. With laid in map of Boston Bay. Come with the author on a journey to the most romantic and historical sea coast in America, that of Boston Bay. In his usual entertaining style, Mr. Snow tells of the countless lighthouses, islands and forts of the area. Facts and unusual stories of the Boston Bay area fill this interesting account.

Frontline breaks down the candidates

On November 2nd, Americans will vote in the first wartime election since Vietnam. Like that earlier war, the war in Iraq has exposed deep divisions in how Americans see this country and its place in the world. It has also exposed major differences between the two candidates, George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.

1,000 Words 

3 Things

There are three things that you cannot take back:
the spoken word, the unkind thought, the misused hour - Anonymous

A pretty good reason for a Road Trip this summer

Hall of Fame receives bonanza of Red Sox artifacts.

Why Not Us ?? The Red Sox are World Series Champs !! Bye Bye Babe, Bucky and Boone!! 

WS thoughts

I really wish they had updated that Nike commercial last night after the Sox won it all.

What the heck was Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore doing on the field !!??

Does Manny really get to go to DisneyWorld ? Or is that just the NFL ?

Why do reporters have to ask about next year?

I can't believe they really did it. (And had fun doing it too...)

10/27/04 - "It was destination"

8:33 -- Here comes Foulke, who's been lights-out all month, prompting McCarver to gush, "It has been a post-season ... where ordinary Foulke ... has become extraordinary Foulke." Somewhere, Jim Nantz is nodding in approval.

Ahhh....youth. 

The Choice - The New Yorker Magazine

Apparently, the New Yorker has never previously endorsed a candidate in any American election...until now.

World's Oldest Man Cheering for Red Sox

Reminded that researchers regard him as the world's oldest man, he said, "I don't believe it. And I ain't going to die just to satisfy them."

World Series balls

I'm waiting until the final out...but this is a must have if they win it all !

Celebrate the Red Sox’s appearance in the 2004 World Series with this special TWO-BALL set including an official Rawlings 2004 World Series official game baseball.

Volunteers Hunt Produce to Feed Hungry

GOLDEN, Texas - Volunteers fanned across Texas farm fields to pick up sweet potatoes missed by mechanical harvesters, joining a national network to feed the poor with produce that might otherwise go to waste, from California oranges to Indiana beans and Florida squash.

http://www.photographytips.com/

 

Clearly, the slap was on pur - PURSE ! 

There's a football game this weekend too

"Heidi, hi," I said.
"Heidi low," she replied.

Subterranean Homesick Blues

You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows...

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles

Bob Dylan -Copyright © 1965

The Fall of the House of Yankee

Poetic justice...

"What is left is a team of over-priced and under-performing fat cats. A team of poorly constructed all-or-nothing home run hitters who swing from the heels and think from the hip."

I could read these headlines all day long...actually, I have ! 

This is the year !!! 

1918 - 2004 Just Do It

I have to admit, I got a little misty when this came on after the Sox game last night.

I wonder what the Yankees version looked like ?

Bill Simmons - Red Sox Independence Day

This guy gets it...always has

"The top of the ninth yielded another insurance run of Gordon, who will be covered in blankets, duct-taped and thrown off one of Steinbrenner's yachts some time this winter. "

Imagery...Country style

She left the suds in the bucket, and the clothes hangin' out on the line.

Schilling's Gutty Comeback Sets Up a Game 7 for the Ages

"With the Knights trailing by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, Roy Hobbs, bleeding from a bullet wound, grimaces through pain as he steps into the batters box. We see a closeup of the blood on his uniform. Then we see close-ups of his teammates on the bases, Pop Fisher in the dugout, Iris Gaines praying in the stands, the relief pitcher Youngberry, the catcher and Hobbs. The crowd roar builds. Youngberry rears back and fires...

Hobbs swings and hits a long fly to right -- it's going, it's going, it's . . . a foul ball. The crowd slumps in disappointment. Dejected, Hobbs turns around and starts to trot back to home plate." - final scene of The Natural as reported on ESPN.com

You know what happens next.

SCHILLING'S PERFORMANCE WAS EVEN BETTER !!!!

Voteforsomething.com

Quick and easy way to see which way you should likely vote in November.

We ain't pretty...but we don't quit ! 

I wish I were like you...easily amused

Time, hooah...what is it good for ? Absolutely, whatever you decide to do with it

See how Americans spend their days....funny, hellish commutes aren't included.

Volcanocam

Mount St. Helens live

Ain't it pretty ?

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

"But all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time."

Game 1 - (10-7 Yanks) could've been worse

Call me crazy, but the loss last night by Sox was not as bad as it seemed. I mean, our pitcher could barely walk and we almost won the game. And that was by far the best Yankee pitcher on the roster. In other words, that was our worst possible outing and their best possible outing and it still came down to the final few outs.

The game would have been even closer if you take away a few "Manny Plays" in left...

Hopefully, Pedro can get it going tonight. I think he needs to plunk someone in the first inning just to get his juices going !

Greg Gagne featured on Advisor Today

Anyone else want to be "famous" ?

http://www.affinityinvestmentgroup.com

Three wishes

Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the Courage to
change those things I can, and the Wisdom to know the difference.

NBC adds 5-second delay to NASCAR coverage

The moral of the story...if you win the race, don't say sh*t.

Seems kind of silly to me to expect that I guy that just risked his life for 3 hours driving 150 MPH won't be a little emotional after getting out the car. If they didn't jam a camera in their faces the second the safety net drops from the window, they wouldn't have this problem.

With all that's wrong with the world...and broadcast on TV, does a little slip like this even matter ?

Let's Go Red Sox !

I just have a good feeling about how these guys are playing. They seem
loose and having fun...of course winning helps that too. Let's take the
game tonight and let the Twins and Yanks beat themselves up for the next
week or so.

NY Times Circuits

One of these days, I'll get one of my clients in this section !!

Look at the Grass fly !! Thanks for the trim Phil. Hope you like your new toy. 

Buzzzzz....seen flying through my garden. 

Happy 90th Grampa !! As they say..."may the good Lord bless you..." 

Alan loves Birthday Cake !! 

The Business Side of Stern

Howard Stern will be moving his broadcasting antics over to Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) once his deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA) is complete at the end of next year.

Jim Davis - Boston Globe sports photographer

Some great shots here...lots of other great photos too.

What I'm reading...The Art of Breaking Glass

I'd seen this on the bookshelf at work for 4 years before I remembered to pick it up and take it home. I was always intriqued by the title. It reminded me of the scene in The Wall where the guys smashes up his room and then puts all the broken pieces together into some strange pattern.

Just started it a few nights ago...pretty good so far.

DAY TRIPS; Kerouac's Trail Before He Hit the Road

Free registration required:

NIGHT descends on the crumbling storefronts and tenements, falling in the space between buildings and shedding gloom over the rooftops. Beside the whirring traffic, the volunteer tour guide, Paul Marion, stands on the corner, holding a copy of Jack Kerouac's novel ''Dr. Sax.'' In a soft voice, Mr. Marion reads: ''The other night I had a dream that I was sitting on the sidewalk on Moody Street, Pawtucketville, Lowell, Mass., with a pencil and paper in my hand saying to myself 'Describe the wrinkly tar of this sidewalk.' ''

As economy improves, job dissatisfaction is on the rise

A man, his car, 15 years and counting...

It's the journey, not the destination. You're almost there Den !