I consider myself to be a person with a great attitude. I usually see the upside or tend to look at the potential of people and places rather than what is actually before my eyes. Whenever I arrive in New York City, the situation is no different. For some reason everything smells just peachy and […]
Author Archives: Steven Shoppman
It has been boating season way too long for this to be my first time.
June 28, 2006 – 12:35 am
I finally was able to get out on my boat this season. Hands down, this is the best way to relax. I also was able to purchase a surfboard at the end of last summer for the bargain price of $1 to add to the fun. We spent a couple of hours yesterday trying to […]
Some facts or possibly fiction?
June 8, 2006 – 11:08 am
Most of this sounds right. If anyone sees something that is not true in this post, please let me know. I did not have time to fact check this stuff, but it is interesting all the same. AlaskaMore than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska. AmazonThe Amazon rain forest […]
Sometimes email has its drawbacks.
June 6, 2006 – 10:15 am
My recent post about the Tiger and Piglets was only half true. Unfortunately the fake story is a little more heartwarming, but I feel it is my duty to let eveyone know the real story, which one of our readers so generously brought to our attention. So I would like to give my apologies to […]
TWBR blog is now the animal kingdom.
May 26, 2006 – 5:36 pm
I hate to keep posting about animals over and over, but I keep getting these great forwards. Check this out. In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set oftriplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in thepregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size,died shortly […]
Buffaloes are tougher than Bears?!
May 25, 2006 – 5:01 pm
I received these pictures from a good friend who lives up in Montana. They are pretty amazing. I love big burly animals. The next couple of paragraphs explain where, what and when. The pictures were taken in Fountain Flats, which is about 10 miles from Old Faithful. The buff-griz encounter is one of the coolest […]
Malaria is scary.
May 19, 2006 – 11:09 am
One of the main gripes I get from people close to me, especially my mother, is the danger of the trip. More often these concerns stem from the media’s overreporting of war and crimes against humanity. There is no doubt that crazy dictators, rebel groups, religious fanatics and terrorists are a threat and if we […]
The camera is back.
May 18, 2006 – 9:00 am
When you rely on electronics for work, it can be a really great excuse that "my computer isn’t working" or "the network is down" if you want to take an afternoon off. On the other hand, the unreliability of electronics makes me look bad. On our recent trip to the Blue Hole in New Mexico […]
Multi Sporting at its best.
April 26, 2006 – 9:32 am
We have finished our Scuba Certification and it was a really great time. The blue hole is overcrowded, murky because of the overcrowding and cold, but all of that seems to fade away when you are breathing underwater. We had the chance to go down to 65ft, which was a bit of an accident as […]
We are going deep…
April 20, 2006 – 6:13 pm
We are off to the Blue Hole in New Mexico tomorrow for our open water Scuba certification. It should be very exciting. This is the first time we will actually be diving in water deeper than a swimming pool. Tomorrow afternoon we will hit the road and hopefully have a chance to film some more […]
