I’m A “Tsundoku” – How About You? Book lovers will know what I mean – but I didn’t know what that meant until recently! The Japanese word for book collecting is tsundoku (積ん読), which specifically refers to the act of acquiring… Read More ›
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Have You Seen Tristan da Cunha? Here’s The World’s Most Remote Community!
The World’s Most Remote Island Community!Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean lies Tristan da Cunha, an island so isolated that only about 264 people call it home. Talk about getting away from it all – no other place on… Read More ›
My “Cinema A – Z” Series Goes From “Xanadu” To “Zardoz!” 007, Mel Brooks, The Beatles – The “X Y & Z” Of Film!
Celebrating The Power Of Cinema! I love movies, and have had a blast sharing some of my favorites with this special Movies A – Z” series of lists that celebrate the unique, obscure, offbeat and just plain strange films that… Read More ›
“Dept. Q” Is The Best New Show On TV! Here’s A Look At Copenhagen’s “Cops Of Lost Causes!”
“Dept. Q” Is Open For Duty! I you don’t know what “Dept. Q” is, you have missed out on some great books from Denmark! I have devoured this series of “nordic noir” novels, and now am about to devour the… Read More ›
Have You Seen The Oldest Rock On Earth? Here’s Incredible – and Isolated -Mount Roraima!
Is This The Oldest Rock On Earth? Well, that’s what I read on the National Geographic Adventure site on Facebook…they didn’t have the credit for the person who was responsible for this photo, but bravo to them for capturing an… Read More ›
An Entertainment Mogul “Leading Lady” + “Lorne” – SNL’s Creator! What I’m Reading! Plus Life In A French Chateau!
Hooray For Hollywood! I took this photo after hiking up behind the Hollywood sign: that’s Lake Hollywood to the right and all of Hollywood stretched out below…why am I sharing this photo? Because it’s what I’m reading! Meet Hollywood’s “Leading… Read More ›
Would You Stay At The “Hotel At The End Of The World?” Let’s All Go To Fogo!
Welcome To Fogo Island! Not familiar with the place? It’s OK – Fogo Island is a bucolic getaway off the coast of Newfoundland on the eastern end of Canada…far far away from most of us – and it is known… Read More ›
The World’s Most Remote Coral Atoll! Let’s Escape To Ducie Island!
Who Has #Wanderlust? With the news in the US getting grimmer and darker, whenever I see an image like this, I imagine escaping to a slice of paradise like this, far removed from civilization and chaos….do you? Let’s Escape To… Read More ›
Mary Tyler Moore Takes On Philip Marlowe! Celebrating A “Gumshoe’s” Greatest Author Raymond Chandler!
“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.” Now that’s “hard-boiled” writing! One Author wrote… Read More ›
Hungry Snowmen! Wild “Cliff Beds!” An Angry Shelley Winters! Hilarious Social Media Posts!
Who Wants To Sleep Outside? In A Cliff Bed! I was scrolling on social media the other day and saw this picture, so I said to my wife Alex: “would you spend the night in this?” We both quickly agreed… Read More ›
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