In London and wondering about America

Traveling again, and I'm finally having time to catch up with reading. Just saw this over on Cory's blog. When I see these videos, or others of McCain/Palin rallies inciting mob hatred, I just shudder. If anything happens to Obama, regardless of the election outcome, these two politicians will have some serious soul searching to do.

And the world really is flat

When I first heard that Iceland was facing bankruptcy and trying to borrow money from Russia I was confused. Isn't Iceland the country with the showcase energy policy and one of the highest standards of living in Europe, if not the world?

Thomas Freidman offers a solid explanation today, and shows once again that we are all connected and getting more so every day.

Carl's Journey

My friend Carl decided to teach himself better photography by taking a picture a day for a year, and posting them to Flickr. The result is not only a wonderful array of photos, but a fabulous year-long story. Enjoy.