Accidental Writings

It's raining and cold in London.  This typical mid-June weather reflects my mood. Financial markets tanking (although not today, wheee...

I had a new experience tonight at Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chao in Atlanta. Basically, the deal here is that waiters hover around the ...

During my Southern California sojourn, we dropped in for a drink and a (very expensive) snack at the recently re-opened uber-chic Shangri-La...

Good news. If, like me, you're tired of seeing bare midrifts bulging out of too-tight jeans, help is on the way. The Evening Standard r...

It's been a long time between posts. I have a thousand excuses, but mainly I was away for two weeks and too lazy to post, then never go...

I tried a place called Great Queen Street (on Great Queen Street, natch) near Covent Garden. I found the experience totally enjoyable. It...

Forty years ago today, the Beatles shot their iconic "Abbey Road" album cover on a north London zebra crossing outside Abbey Road ...

But Michael O'Leary sure knows how to make money. The NY Times published a good piece on the Ryanair chief and his unabashed philosophy...

The Economist has published poll data showing how opinions towards the use of torture vary around the world. Based on polls taken in earl...

I recently came across this quote from Nazi leader Hermann Goering, made during an interview at the Nuremberg Trials: Voice or no voice, the...

I've been reading a bit about the Professor Henry Gates arrest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for what boils down to being black and yell...

A Polish woman has filed suit against an Egyptian hotel claiming that "stray sperm" in the hotel's swimming pool made her daug...

I thought it was unusual when I came across the first Paul Krugman song , but now Loudon Wainwright III (yes, father of Rufus ) has one too...

Does the USA national team's shocking defeat of number one ranked Spain in the Confederation Cup competition mean that the team will ac...

Now you can get Homer Simpson as the voice of your TomTom sat-nav system. Their tag line is "Let Homer Simpson be your co-pilot....

The Wimbledon fortnight begins today, and the British have again pinned their hopes and dreams on Scotsman Andy Murray. If he wins, he wil...

How far down the road to this did the USA travel in the past eight years? Probably farther than most people think or would like to believe. ...

Ever wonder what Goths do when it gets hot? Goths in Hot Weather shows you, and even ranks each subject's "goth" and "s...

The big switch to totally digital TV happens in the US today, and the LA Times says that the Los Angeles area, the place many TV producers ...