Christmas Letter 2010

Merry Christmas * Happy 2011 For the past few weeks, I have been pondering whether or not to write my annual Christmas letter. After all...

Home again

To be able to sit on the patio, 8:00 AM, glass of fresh squeezed OJ in hand, watching the fishing boats in the bay. For me, that is home. ...

The Lonely Road to Puerto Vallarta

The blood was flowing in the ditches. The sidewalks were strewn with decapitated bodies. As we traveled the main highway, first through No...

The Home Stretch

Travel is a pretty cool thing. But there comes a point where you really can get too much of it. When I was working, I thought there just c...

Time Warner vs. ABC: The Fight Rages On

Last night while watching the news on KABC, Channel 7 in Los Angeles, the brief ad appeared. I learned that on September 2, KABC along with...

Russia, The Ice bar, and beyond

Jet lag is a funny thing … almost like an out of body experience. You stay up 27 hours straight, 14 of those hours in the air, and in the ...

Estonia

Sailing over seas smooth as glass, following a truly memorable day in a town I knew nothing about, a good workout in the gym (after 4 mile...

Rush Limbaugh vs. Howard Stern at Sea

Hello from Kiel, Germany … the first spot we’ve had a chance to get a good enough Wi-Fi signal to update our travels. It’s also the first p...

Allo (that's hello in Norway) from the Fjords

Do you remember the very first time you saw Yosemite ? Or for that matter, anytime you visit Yosemite . Awesome … nature at it’s best....

Not Another Vacation!

At the risk of renewed ridicule (all good hearted … of course … I’m sure … right?) from friends who say, “I’m so jealous,” “I hate you,” “...

My new disappointing toy

I’ve been thinking about it for some time, in fact since I left News10 more than two years ago. I wanted to buy a new video camcorder. My ...

The End of Idol?

So American Idol has concluded another season with yet another surprise. After Tuesday’s performance, the general consensus online, in p...