Yearly Archive: 2005
No Posters. . . and We Mean It!
“No Bill Posters Or We Will Prosecute And We Mean It” No. Really. We Mean It. Yeah, well you see how effective that was with self-styled anarchists. It feels a little silly to describe...
Europe's New Religion
The ironies abound. We’re starting the day this morning at the Roxy Art House, a beautiful late Scots Gothic building built in 1912. . . that used to be the Lady of Glenorchy’s Church....
Richard Branson Responds to the Corruption Question
On the plane with Richard Branson Two things are abundantly clear in traveling with Richard Branson and the ONE campaign activists: first, they know they have to address the corruption question; and two, their...
John Detained by Police Here in Edinburgh
My new blogging buddy, John Aravosis, who is staying in a different hotel than I am, was caught in the riots earlier this evening here in Edinburgh and detained by the police. . ....
Two Different Welcomes: Bobbleheads and Cute Kids
When we touched down in Edinburgh earlier this afternoon, two very different welcomes greeted us: Bobbleheads and Cutie Pies. Okay, so the whole kids with flags waving thing was totally staged. But it was...
Advice from the Cab Driver . . .
The protestors are already rioting in downtown Edinburgh. There is a palpable sense of unease in this city that awaits the arrival of the world’s G8 leaders and another Live8 “Final Push” concert Wednesday...
Richard Branson Press Conference
Charles McCormack, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Branson and Jamie Drummond Running for the plane. Highlight from the press conference. Jamie Drummond, executive director and co-founder of DATA (who looks and sounds just like Ewan McGregor),...
My Travelin’ Peeps
With Josh Trevino on the left and John Aravosis on the right So I just couldn’t resist writing “Josh on the left and John on the right.” Because that exactly reverses the general viewpoints...
Papoose or Parasite?
It’s a girl! The Torres family has announced that the sonogram shows that the baby we’ve all been praying for is a little girl. We always Thank Heaven for Little Girls, but I believe...
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