I'm typing this note from the Sydney Airport, as I prepare to head back home. I'm typing this note from one of those Internet Kiosks, where you effectively pay by the minute. It's not too expensive (a little over a dollar for 20 minutes - enough time to jot out this blog post), but I still feel kind...

I spent the day entertaining myself in Hereford, a little town in the middle of nowhere, about 3 hours from London. Just beyond our hotel is the Hereford Cathedral, where I spent a good bit of time wandering around. The cathedral dates from the about 1000 years ago and has been growing and changing ...

Wow, international travel is amazing. 7 hours ago we were on a sleety airport in Washington, DC and now I'm in Heathrow airport in England. Everything about the flight was smooth - no delays, screaming babies, snoring seat mates, meal mix-ups or hold ups in customs. My only complaint is that my work...

Welcome to the euro rollercoaster! If you want to see recent volatility in action, then you need to look no further than the euro (EUR/USD spot FX currency pair). This thing has been all over the map lately. Just since December, this pair has gone from 1.25 all the way up to 1.47 and back down into ...

One of the up sides of drive-in cinemas is that people are free to talk inside their own cars, use their phones, and even smoke at will. This privacy can also mean that spotting someone surreptitiously recording the movie can be hard. Tinted windows can make the use of night vision equipment futile,...

Fan IQ recently selected Arianny Celeste as the hottest girl in MMA, and that was before these photos leaked. Talk about adding the proverbial exclamation point. Anyway, below is some poker news to catch up on from over the weekend. :: Lots of good stuff from the Hard Core Poker show recently, start...

My twenty-something friends Jezebel and Annie got doled up Saturday night and went to the Skybar on Sunset Blvd. The homey chicks in jeans in front of them got rejected but my friends got in where they were immediately grabbed by these lawyers from Tijuana who bought them alcohol. The Mexicans were ...

Get ready for the “economic pipes� to be unclogged and for a tidal wave of inflation to head our way!   I assure you, that Obama’s economic advisors will be the “drain-o� that gets the pipes unclogged. When this happens, the Fed knows that it will have to “mop up� this excessive liqui...

I made him an offer....and he refused. H/T Jameel and Robert Kidding aside, we must all pray for the brave soldiers fighting to stop Quassam rockets. I've been reading Jameel at the Muqata and Aussie Dave at Israelly Cool for their excellent live-blogging of the Gazan War. A special prayer goes out ...

David and Goliath Down Under The Smackdown . I love Australia. I love their cute marsupials and their adorable accents. I especially love Australian films so you can just imagine how fast I ran down to the nearest multiplex to see Baz Luhrman's very expensive and very epic "Australia." For the sake ...