Archive for October, 2007

Could Zeppelins be the New #1 Choice for Air Travelers?

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

They certainly would be if this BBC reporter had his (or her) druthers! The reporter recently took a trip in a Zeppelin, and had this to say about the possibilities for future air travel by airship:

“The trip would certainly remind us that flight does not have to be foul, cramped, undignified and an easy way to get a DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis),” the reporter writes. “Like every other economy sardine, I long for the alternative of actually enjoying a flight.”

Maybe someday we all can!

Back to Back Books!

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Paul at the 2007 Baltimore Book FestivalI guess you could say that last week had bookends. It started on Sunday with the Baltimore Book Festival, and ended on Saturday with the Collingswood Book Festival, and in between was a lot of work! And the best part was that by the end I had a lot fewer books, a lot more friends, and one more person in the car than we started with!

How did I manage that, you ask? Well, read on…

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