Travel by Train

StrangeMaps highlights  a recently released coffee-table book, Transit Maps of the World.

Oh, the places you’ll go

The APA recently announced their top 10 American neighborhoods. I’ve been lucky enough to have lived in or visited four (one of which I grew up in).

Free hugs

Having found myself listening to — and reeling from — NPR’s coverage of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech, I got the odd bit of comfort from the following video coverage of Juan Mann’s “Free Hugs” campaign.

(Via the good folks at TechPresident.)

Mayor Cold Turkey

With Gavin Newsom’s decision to go into rehab for his drinking, it occurs to me that maybe moving to San Francisco would have offered a smoother transition from Vegas than Oakland does.

Beginning

This begins with neither a bang nor a thud, but with a sigh.