Journeys through space and time

Some of you may know that I designed and am developing Somnus-Neu® – which will change the traveler experience within hotels. I’m going to outline why I think the time is now.
As a frequent traveler for 20 years I pretty much lived in hotel rooms – I’ve been through the $6.00 a minute phone charges [...]

I hate the phrase “hearts and minds” – it makes me want to puke every-time I read it or see it. “Winning hearts and minds” what a nonsensical phrase.
Men in someone elses country with guns and tanks and bombs don’t win hearts and minds, they piss people off. Did the French think when the Nazi’s [...]

When the process of change is impeded by the process itself, is change possible?  Is pragmatism an option?
From a pragmatic standpoint the debate on health care reform in the U.S is at odds with itself. The underlying concern is to get 47 million or so uninsured people insured. But if you take the word insurance [...]

18 months ago I read the Bangkok post as Viktor Bout was hauled out of the Sofitel hotel on Silom Rd in Bangkok for allegedly agreeing to sell arms to U.S agents masquerading as FARC members.
Today the Thai court ruled against extradition to the U.S which well they should have. It’s really time the U.S [...]

This weeks Time magazine has a feature on the lack of evidence between going to the Gym and subsequent weight loss  – suggesting that Gym visits can actually work in opposite ways by creating a) hunger b) an internal reward system that results in eating foods with higher caloric content than you might have eaten [...]

For years I’ve been wondering about the stupid, annoying, time-wasting, revenue sneaking tactics of cell phone companies with the ridiculous automated messages before you leave a voice mail – or leave message, or check your messages. Although I never got around to writing about it – here’s a fabulous piece in the NY times covering [...]

In 2005 a young French designer put himself fairly and squarely on the map – not by incremental steps along a prescribed path, but by brazen initiative. His name is Ito Morabito which he changed to Ora-Ito and the rest is history. His website is here.
He designed watches for Swatch, bottles for Heineken, showrooms for [...]

The Dow hit 9000 this week – that’s apparently some kind of bench mark – well that’s good…..I guess.
The major investment banks made enormous profits – I even read somewhere that ford turned a profit, after almost falling into the abyss.
I read this piece in the NY times about traders making money on trades due [...]

When you feel like banging your head against the wall after listening to politicians talk, or if you simply can’t believe your ears, if one more talking head makes promises with their fingers crossed behind their backs  -rest easy – they too, are driven crazy by themselves!
Check this video out.
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I haven’t written in a while – I have been thinking though. A list of thoughts that went something like this

Why is there so little reporting out of Afghanistan since the “biggest movement of U.S Marines since Vietnam” I have a sneaking suspicion that  the “make friends with the locals” ploy – isn’t going over [...]