No Big Hurry
For some, there’s no better investment right now than a long, leisurely trip.

Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks, currencies and companies all foundering, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are sparse and the dividends—expanded worldview, lifelong memories, the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can’t be easily snatched away. Sylvia and Paul Custerson, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on safari and bird-watching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Patagonia. “We’re using our capital now,” says Sylvia, 64. “And why not? We’re not getting any interest in the bank. If it’s a place we really want to go, we’re thinking, To hell with it! We may as well travel while we’re fit and healthy—and before the airlines go bust.” Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in     TRAVELLER, movie, trip, vacation |

Claire Forlani, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Stephen Mangan have been tapped to co-star opposite Matt LeBlanc on Showtime/BBC’s comedy series “Episodes.”

The project, which has a seven-episode order, revolves around a successful British husband-and-wife comedy team (Forlani, Mangan) thrilled by the prospect of producing an U.S. version of their hit series. But they soon are forced to replace the erudite British lead in the original with the quintessential U.S. comedy star, Matt LeBlanc, who is playing a version of himself. They begin to sink deeper into the quicksand that is the Hollywood TV business, ruled by a legion of network and studio executives, including the smart head of programming (Perkins). Read the rest of this entry »

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If your ever attempted to make your own band or if you maybe were a member in a band, than you’ll know that it takes long hours of rehearsals before it sounds the way it should. But even so, how long the members of the band will stick together is hard to tell. Many times outside influences will strengthen the bond between them but it is when negative things happen inside, that’s when the harmony is broken and things finally come to an end. Are lupus signs curable? Lupus symptoms can be cured.

However, let’s see how did all started in “The Beatles” case.
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Posted in     The Beatles, movie, music |

Like many fans, I am happy to be lost in Lost. Savoring it, in fact. Locke as the Smoke Monster? Bring him/it/whoever on! A ”flash-sideways”? I like coming in on that new angle! As the final pieces of TV’s trickiest jigsaw puzzle are being wedged into place, the burden is on the guys who run the show — Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof — to have the sixth and final season not end up looking like…one big jigsaw puzzle.

How to do that? So far, they’ve got the right idea in finally establishing that Lost isn’t just a mind game: The Island has always been a metaphor for the heart — the center, the life force. Now many of the mysteries of the heart are being revealed, along with alternative glimpses of how the lives of so many did or may or could have turned out. Read the rest of this entry »

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