March 2009
11 posts
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Lonely Planet Travel Blogging Awards
I was thankful that Lonely Planet did not name their awards for travel bloggin something clever like “the Bloggies.” Or even worse: “the Troggies.” There always seems to be some over-clever person at the root of these online awards. I appreciate LP’s straightforward decision to keep it simple and call the kettle black: the Travel Blogging Awards.
The awards were...
World Traveler Intern Finalist
This has been going on for a couple of weeks, but I haven’t really had the chance to blog about this. And here I am, procrastinating editing my second video for STA Travel’s World Traveler Internship…but at least I am blogging about it!
STA Travel is sending two people around the world for 3 months in their WTI program - free trip and then all you have to do is blog and make...
MAN ON WIRE
You have to see Philip Marsh’s documentary, MAN ON WIRE, about Philippe Petit - the ropewalker that tightroped across the World Trade Center towers. It is an amazing story of dogged pursuit of dreams, interpersonal relationships and the effects of a stunning feat on the world. It is also a stunning film visually, with great reenactments, marvelous found footage and beautiful composition.
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End of an Era
“Sarah Morgan has added you as a friend on Facebook,” the ominious email shouted at me this morning.
My mother has joined Facebook.
And I am struggling. Part of me thinks it is no big deal, and that a whole generation of kids are going to grow up with their parents watching them on Facebook. But do I really want my mother to know what me and ALL of my friends are doing? To be able...
Scam. "Urgent Response Needed.....Cleaner Still...
I love new scams!!!! Dear Applicant, I really appreciate your response concerning the post of the cleaning that was posted on craiglist in December as i have just returned from a long trip which have taken my time for almost 3months and now planning to return home.I am in search of dependable individual with a high pedigree to help clean and maintain my home.I am away from home very...
