1. iPads are hot - literally this time - throwing out more heat than their predecessors - could double up as a heating pad so sales have quintupled
2. Hillary Clinton noted that the world is going to run out of water - real estate glut stateside now turned into a new frenzy with people with cash seeking vacation properties and second homes in the cold Arctic and Antarctic (at least they will have water)
3. Ex Australian tycoon chose the royals to mess with - end result - Newscorp got in hot water
4. Etch a Sketch was hottest toy - political competition made the precursor to the modern iPad an accidental winner regardless of who gets the GOP nod - battery lasts a lifetime - or at least till your thumbs fall off
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
Can you imagine being ruled by a man called Newt Gingrich? I can't.
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