Bill Murray's Blog, page 164
December 23, 2011
December 22, 2011
Quality Transit Time
Hanging out at the Continental Breakfast Bar at Schipol Amsterdam waiting to climb on our flight to Helsinki at Gate C10 across the way there. This is probably the highest and best use of the internet ever.
68.6 Degrees North Latitude, Here We Come
We're starting the long trip north this afternoon with a drive south to Hartsfield Jackson Airport. We'll be at our little cabin in Finland for a few days before heading further north. Photos and reports to come. Happy Holidays to all.
December 21, 2011
Happy Holidays
Time to put down the internet and step away.
We'll be back to it soon enough, even in time for the last frenzy of college football. When we get back the same advertisers will still implore us to buy. The same pundits will still solve our country's problems. It's even said that people may finally vote caucus in Iowa.
But for just a bit, now, we're headed to a land of foreign language, customs and climate. We'll contemplate the not-frozen-enough lake and count the daylight hours on one hand...
Winter is Half Over
Northern days begin to get longer starting at thirty minutes past midnight U.S. Eastern Time on 22 December. Welcome to the winter solstice.
December 20, 2011
Jet Lag Standing Still
Leaders have the power to set budgets, try to make the trains run on time, that sort of thing, but the ability to make an entire day completely disappear? THAT's power.
There will be no 30 December in Samoa, or Tokelau, a group of three atolls in the Pacific that are territory of New Zealand. They will redraw the international date line at midnight on 29 December, with both jumping straight to 31 December. It's to facilitate commerce with New Zealand and Australia. Wellington and Sydney...
December 19, 2011
Havel, Hitchens & Kim
You've probably seen the tweet, "I'd like to think God let Havel and Hitchens pick the third," attributed to @jstrevino. Got it just right.
And I commend to you this fine blog.
December 16, 2011
Friday Photo Quiz #136 - Where in the World?
I know what you're thinking. Just another big, anonymous city. Yeah, maybe, but take a guess (figure in those mountains) and check the answer after the jump. Bet it's not what you guess.
And a good weekend to all from Common Sense and Whiskey and EarthPhotos.com. We're back on the road (at last) next week.
And the answer is ..................................................... it's Tokyo!
See 942 photos from cities around the world in the Cities Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
December 14, 2011
Equine Wednesday HDR
While we're on the topic of northern Europe, here's an HDR from Finland at the opposite time of year. These horses were enjoying a beautiful August afternoon.
Click it to make it much bigger. There are 345 HDR photos in the HDR Gallery at EarthPhotos.com.
December 13, 2011
Lapland Weather Watch
Two weeks - fourteen days - until our arrival in the far north of Finland, and the weather for the next nine of them is forecast as, at best, mostly cloudy. Snow is forecast most every day. We need clear skies for a shot at seeing the Aurora Borealis. Good news is the forecast has it getting colder closer to our arrival. Colder = a better chance of clearing.
Click for a live webcam at the Ivalo Hotel, in Ivalo, Finland, the airport nearest our destination. Yep, snow. And dark.
And...
