KEY WEST:A STEP BACK IN TIME Topside, the waning rays of the setting sun bathed the eclectic grouping that gathers each evening for the sunset ritual on Key West‘s Mallory St. Pier. They probably didn’t know it, but they were standing on the birthplace of the Florida Keys. "You will naturally […]
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND
AN ADIRONDACK STATE OF MIND More years ago than I admit to, while on a cross country skiing adventure, I came to the shore of a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. Before me was an unbroken snow-field, untouched, unmarked, bathed in the soft red-gold glow cast by the last rays of […]
The Bulgarian Orthodox Bishop Nickolay attacks the Catholic church on TV
The newly elected Orthodox bishop of Plovdiv, Nikolay of Znepol known as a favourite of the Bulgarian patriarch Maxim as well as the youngest bishop in Bulgaria caused a minor scandal with its statement on Bulgarian TV that the Pope as well as all catholics are heretics. The bishop, born in 1969 and elected with […]
New “Open Solutions Alliance” Formed by Leading Vendors to Drive Adoption of Open Source Busines
Fast-growing demand for affordable open source business solutions drives industry response to improve interoperability and lower integration costs OPEN SOLUTIONS SUMMIT, NEW YORK, February 14, 2007 — Ten leading companies today announced the formation of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a nonprofit, vendor-neutral consortium dedicated to driving adoption of comprehensive open source business solutions. […]
Alcohol protests in front of the Bulgarian National Parliament
Thousands of senior citizens protested the EU tax levied on home made rakia in Sofia, Bulgaria. The protests have been ongoing since January when it became apparent that a tax of 1.10Euro per liter will be placed on all home produced alcohol. For most Bulgarians rakia making is a family tradition adhered to for hundreds […]
Valentine’s Day Is Stupid Unless You Have One
Dear St. Valentine: Who you are is not really clear to many historians but you stand for love, which is commendable. However, every year you make more people feel terrible about life than Hannity & Colmes, runway models, and the New York Knicks combined, which is a lot of damn people. Because of you, I […]