Saturday, October 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
100 Things to Do Before You Die' Co-Author Dies at 47
From Fox News:
Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.
An advertising agency executive, Freeman co-wrote the 1999 book subtitled "Travel Events You Just Can't Miss" with Neil Teplica. It was based on the Web site whatsgoingon.com, which the pair ran together from 1996 to 2001.
"This life is a short journey," the book says. "How can you make sure you fill it with the most fun and that you visit all the coolest places on earth before you pack those bags for the very last time?"
Freeman's relatives said he visited about half the places on his list before he died, and either he or Teplica had been to nearly all of them.
Dave Freeman, co-author of "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47.Freeman died Aug. 17 after the fall at his Venice home, his father, Roy Freeman, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
An advertising agency executive, Freeman co-wrote the 1999 book subtitled "Travel Events You Just Can't Miss" with Neil Teplica. It was based on the Web site whatsgoingon.com, which the pair ran together from 1996 to 2001.
"This life is a short journey," the book says. "How can you make sure you fill it with the most fun and that you visit all the coolest places on earth before you pack those bags for the very last time?"
Freeman's relatives said he visited about half the places on his list before he died, and either he or Teplica had been to nearly all of them.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Hail to the VW Chief!
I'm totally for this! Let's get the write-in vote started.
You can see more about VW Charles' groundswell support on the news website.
He's got my vote! After all, why choose the lesser of two evils?
You can see more about VW Charles' groundswell support on the news website.
He's got my vote! After all, why choose the lesser of two evils?
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Kent Falls 2008
Once again we picked Jenn up from overnight camp at Silver Lake and stopped at Kent Falls for a picnic. This was the most crowded I'd ever seen it, but it was a nice day - mid-80s and not too humid. The falls we lower than I would have expected, considering the rain we've had last month, but the water was cold and fairly clean.
As usual, click the picture to see the album.
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| Kent Falls 2008 |
As usual, click the picture to see the album.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Are we having fun yet?
Scott Adams is one of the few people that I've met who have publicly professed this particular sentiment about certain amusement parks:
One day we went to something called a "water park." I had never been to such a thing and was excited about the prospect of standing in line for 45 minutes in the sweltering heat for an opportunity to spend 12 seconds sliding down a watery tube while clutching my prescription sunglasses and wondering how many cartoonists had died doing exactly this sort of thing. It takes me a few days of vacation just to get into the proper attitude, which I gather is something along the lines of not caring if you live or die. I have a bad habit of stubbornly clinging to my preference for life over death, and I am told this interferes with my ability to have fun.
I remember mentioning this on my one and (to date) only trip to Disney World when I spent - literally - 45 minutes wending my way through with the crowd up an artificial mountain for what turned out to be a 60-second trip down a sluice in an oversized inner tube.
Scott Adams writes The Dilbert Blog when he's not busy drawing those cartoons.
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No can haz cardio anymoar
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