As you may remember from last year Becky and I have a pact to visit one new country each and every year. We started off by visiting Costa Rica for our honeymoon. The next year (last year) we visited Peru. We have finally decided on where we're headed for 2006; Venezuela.  •  We'll be in Venezeula …

Realization of the day: Nabisco used to be called National Biscuit Company.  •  Read Nabisco's history here.  •  If read the history of Nabisco you'll realize that every product you've ever consumed is owned by Phillip Morris.

I posted the below over on travel.ceoblues.com but I thought you folks may also find it interesting.  •  “  •  Air Canada announced it's "North America Unlimited Pass" today. While I like the idea the price seems to put it out of the hands of us everyday day folk.  •  The unlimited pass costs …

Last night I stumbled upon the Appalachian Mountain Club’s “Mountain Leadership School”. For those of you who are not familiar with the AMC they describe what they do as this:  •  ““The AMC promotes the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the mountains, rivers, and trails of the Appalachian …

137,000 KMs  •  Good to very good condition  •  Winter & summer tires included. Winter tires have one season on them. Summer tires are brand new.  •  227 HP, Turbo  •  All Wheel Drive  •  Power windows and locks  •  In-dash 6 CD changer.  •  Heated seats and mirrors  •  Lots of other goodness. See …

I learned to tie my shoes as a kid, just like everyone else. What I didn’t realize though is that for the past twenty six years I’ve been tying my shoes incorrectly! I’d usually have to retie my shoes a few times throughout the day as they were regularly becoming untied.  •  Only after picking up …

Matt Gunn, whom you'll remember from my Outward Bound story, has started Cairn Publishing. He's published one guidebook so far. It looks good. It's titled "scrambles in southwest british columbia".  •  What is scrambling you might ask?  •  “"Scrambling is the middle ground between hiking and …

Peter, Steve, and I had a spontaneous recording session today at lunch. What emerged is the fourth session of “Live from the Formosa Tea House”. We’ve begun to shrink our technical setup size and time so I’m sure you’ll be hearing more from us in the future.  •  We are long winded and like talking …

Over the past ten days I’ve had the pleasure, and pain, of looking after two relative-in-laws. One a very talkative six year old girl and the other an intellectual eight year old boy. It took us all a little while to get used to each other. They’re used to living with mom and dad (who were off on …