Author: F C

Don’t have too much to contribute above what SSW had to say, but it just hit me that nobody on Google News has used this title. Dan Rather is going to “60 Minutes” to go back to what he enjoyed doing, field and investigative reporting. I can understand how once when you get to the top of your game, you don’t feel like you can go back; it’s a good thing that Rather can go back to what he enjoys doing. Not too many people can do that. Yes, it does take “Courage”.

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I’ve been investigating various means of teleconferencing at work, from IP Phones, Skype, Netmeeting (what a pain H.323 can be!), as well as checking out podcasting. I think it would be fun for us to try it. You really have to check out the Little Grey Book Lectures. They are a monthly long form variety show held at the Galapagos in Williamsburg. I thought the most enjoyable one was on “Hints on Public Singing”, specifically on the history of U.S. Patent 1,573,696, M. Fleischer’s “Song Motion Picture Film”, otherwise known as “Follow the Bouncing Ball”, the forerunner to the karaoke machine. And yes, the bouncing ball was invented in Brooklyn.

Monday’s New York Post Editorial honestly believes that we should suspend habeas corpus because nobody can figure out how to charge Jose Padilla with a crime. What kind of Republicans are these people?

P- and I differ in the way we plan trips.

I’m kind of the get-to-the-objective-at-all-costs and smell-the-roses-along-the-way-type-of-person. I have an overall theme of things I want to experience, but I don’t have a preset lists of things — I’m willing to let things be how they are.

P– is for the regimented checklist approach: 6 am at the market, 7 am at the castle, 8 am at the museum.

Both of these approaches have their merits. Itinerary from Venus will accomplish all of the compulsory checklist items in the guide book but will require another vacation afterwards. Mission from Mars will probably hit the major items in the guide book, but spend a lot more time on each one.

I hope we can come to a happy medium. I really hated the last large group tour I went on because of fighting over travel plans.