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Ten things to know before you go bobbing in the Dead Sea {Gadling}
Mar 22nd 2009 6:16PM I went to the Dead Sea on a whim, just after I had shaved my legs - ouch. But what stands out is my friend and I trying to take photos of each other "in the water" and have such trouble because of the bouyancy. Plus watching all the people spreading some sort of mud on themselves and having a heck of a time getting it off.
Got an SSSS on your boarding pass? {Gadling}
Mar 18th 2009 6:16PM Happened to me every trip to/from Israel -- for 3-1/2 years. And that was just in the U.S., it was much more "fun" in Israel.
Competitours Race - Day 2 "The Rhine" (with video) {Gadling}
Mar 18th 2009 6:14PM Did you check out the bathrooms at Rheinfels? It's rather cool -- for a bathroom. It's too bad about the ice wine, the main street in St. Goar seems to have wine shops that sell it but for all the times I've been there they were only open on my first trip. Enjoy Amsterdam and the Netherlands and beware of trains that split, where one part goes to your destination but the other stays at the station. Happened to me more than once.
Touring the Taj {Gadling}
Mar 5th 2009 4:22PM Our guide also showed us all the spots where you can take great pictures of the Taj. Only problem was he wanted to shoo away even the most random passers-by out of our shots and I actually like having a person in the photos.
A Day in the life of Abbey Road time lapse {Gadling}
Feb 22nd 2009 4:49PM I had a friend who lived in a apartment building next to this , with a perfet view of this crosswalk. She said she would hear car honking their horns all day as people took their time to line up their cameras for a perfect Beatles-stylen photo. On a side note, the white garden wall of Abbey Road Studios is filled with graffiti. They have to constantly re-paint it and it is almost immediately filled up with graffiti. The Beatles are forever it seems.
The world's most disappointing tourist attractions {Gadling}
Feb 4th 2009 9:52PM The Taj Mahal -- I thought it would be so blah, because it was so iconic, but it was amazing, I could just sit and contemplate it for a long time. But our guide dragged us from pillar to post and would tell us where to aim the camera for the best pictures. Of course, he was right.
The London Eye was kind of meh...
Photo of the day (1.27.09) {Gadling}
Jan 28th 2009 6:47PM Enjoy Seattle! If you go back to Renton, there is a great rib place at the Cedar River Smokehouse in the downtown area! That picture makes me soooo homesick.
Dr. Horrible: Act One goes live {AOL TV}
Jul 15th 2008 10:32AM The video is now available to international viewers! Yipee!!! It's great and I can't wait for the next episode. I have a feeling I'm going to need more than 3 episodes. I agree with Brett, Neil Patrick Harris is fabulous, and Nathan Fillon does make a startling and fun entrance. Felicia Day has the best voice of the three -- it's wonderful.
TLC wants your kid to live {AOL TV}
Mar 21st 2006 4:11AM I saw this on the BBC earlier this year. Parents these days are so lenient, they let kids eat massive amounts of junk food, kids don't exercise (particularly as they get into the teen years), they watch TV and play video games that don't stimulate the mind. The show gives parents assignments (fresh food, exercise, stimulating and fun events) for the kids and the kids really do seem to respond. The Brit kids shown on the series could be a rather hard lot, screaming profanities at their parents, but after a bit they did sleep better, do better in school and in general behaved better. The only thing is, are the parents going to continue this regimine or will they get lazy 1 month, 6 months, or a year from when they started? Then what? The only bad bit is the aging photos of the kids if they didn't change their lifestyle looks silly instead of scary.
Your favorite local kid's shows {AOL TV}
Feb 27th 2006 4:04AM In the greater Seattle area J.P. Patches ruled the airwaves, or as his friends knew him "Julius Pierpont Patches" -- he was the Mayor of the City Dump. He was dressed as a clown, with a clown face. He had a lot of friends but the only one I really remember is Gertrude, who wore a dress and a yarn wig but was actually a guy. I remember being confused on that score. My sister and I were devoted to that show--one of the few didn't argue about watching. He had kids on, usually scout troops, cartoon, sketch comedy (of course I was sick the day my troop was supposed to be on). It is still really familiar to people who were kids in the 1960's.
