“Thank you for the informative article…” (and how it helped)

Hello Rosalind, I read your (Revenue Magazine) article about Zango, downloaded their software and found out one of my names were being targetted heavily by competitors. I wrote the BBB, FTC, and Zango lawyer directly and within 7 days, to my surprise and delight, they removed my url from their system. They sent an offical legal note as well. Thank you for the informative article. … [Read more...]

Photos from Malaysia Uploaded

We're about to head off to Borneo where I won't have an internet connection in the hotel room at the resort... so even LESS writing than we've been doing. But in the meantime, I've uploaded some pictures to my Flickr account at http://www.flickr.com/photos/roamsters/ Enjoy! … [Read more...]

What the Pho? Vietnamese Noodle Soup for Breakfast

Finally - we were in a civilized part of the world. By my definition, that's where people eat noodle soup for breakfast. In Vietnam, pho (noodle soup) is the main breakfast food. For those who love pho, I've posted a recipe for pho and some FUN Pho t-shirts here. The t-shirts have sayings like 'What the Pho?' and 'Got Pho?' I suppose Vancouver qualifies as 'civilized' as well, as I had beef … [Read more...]

Blistering on Orchard Road

OUCH! Ouch and OUCH! again! Yesterday we walked for about 10 hours from the Pan Pacific in Singapore up to Raffles then all along Orchard and Scott roads. By result, I am suffering the consequences of first-day blisters from having stupidly worn my sandals in 30 degree temps. Aargh. (Photos to follow. :-) ) Oh well, Ed is happy that we got far enough to order his tailor-made linen … [Read more...]

Singapore is a Fine City

Greetings from Singapore which Ed and I have been exploring for the last three days. Getting around is SO easy because just about everyone here speaks English and with a Starbucks on nearly every corner it almost feels like home. Singaporeans joke that this is a 'fine city' as there are fines for everything from spitting to the death penalty for possession of .5 gram of drugs. Apparently you'll … [Read more...]