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Well, it took me much longer than originally planned but it is finally here — you can now enjoy “In Search of #6” on Amazon’s Kindle: http://amzn.to/e9XgbH

As that I am not an agent, publisher, or marketing guru I appreciate any and all help in spreading the word about the book.  And, I could certainly use another positive review or two in order to convince skeptical readers (such as myself).

With your help, I couleu make it into the top ten of Amazon’s best sellers in the cylcing category (I am 58th as I write this).

For those of you who do not have a Kindle, don’t despair — can read the book on your smartphone (iPhone, Adroid, etc) or your computer or iPad or Ipod Touch or probably even your toilet seat.

Enjoy! And thanks!

During a recent visit to the United Kingdom I was reminded of a charming and altogether little publicized facet of British living, which I had pushed to the nether regions of my memory (for reasons which will become clear). It all came rushing back to me (literally) upon my first visit to the loo in my London hotel room.

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This is how it happens:

I’m reading this article in the New Yorker and it mentions this cellular phone that one can buy, unlocked (i.e., no twenty-three year contract), for $50. The author, Patricia Marx, describes this Motorola Motofone F3 as an antithesis to the iPhone — it doesn’t even have a color screen — and this intrigues me.

Suddenly I want one. Read all of this post »

One year has passed since my last posting. It certainly doesn’t reflect good blogmanship that this much time has elapsed, but it does indicate that I have had very little to complain about in this last year. Which is also a bit of a problem — for it can be frustrating having nothing to rail on and only good things to say about my life and the people in it.

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At a Burger King in the JFK airport, two days after Christmas, I asked:

“Could I please have: pancakes, a large order of hash browns, and a croissant with egg-product on it? And just egg-product: no cheese-product or meat-product. Thank you.”

The woman behind the counter pushed the corresponding buttons on the register and, dutifully, spoke my order aloud: “Pancakes, egg-on-croissant, large hash brown. $6.24 please.”

From my wallet, I removed and then handed to her: one fifty dollar bill and one quarter totaling $50.25 in American currency.

She handed me, in return, $4.01. Read all of this post »

Having recently finished my Opus Magnus Podcatitcus I find myself occasionally in need of new and interesting ways to spend my free time in-between doing laundry, going to work, and eating eggs. As anyone with an internet connection will attest, there is nothing quite as time-consuming, or life-force-draining, as surfing the internet via search engine and news aggregator for nothing in particular (which is not particularly easy to find, I have learned). Click here, and then there, and then type in a keyword or two and suddenly you are in an unknown and yet to be explored realm of information, photos, videos and only you know what else.

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