I was supposed to get together with Roger Ames, but my writer personality and lack of understanding of my plans prevented me from locking in a time, and then all the windows of opportunity suggested evaporated. However, when I was in the bowels of the Imperial War Museum, Roger’s assistant rang me with a time, […]

So we’re at this hotel in Salford and Tony starts talking about the Sex Pistols. I’d like to tell you I remember the name of the organization, but I don’t.  A non-profit housing group, with 8,000 units in Salford, across the river, and a tiny river it is, from Manchester.  The group has paid Tony […]

Wide belts.  That’s what I learned walking in what I believe is called the Arndale in Manchester city center. You see there’s this long strip that reminds one of a high school hallway.  Walk in the wrong direction on the wrong side and…it’s like playing hockey, you’re going to get CHECKED! Short ones, tall ones, […]

So I’m trying to buy a cell phone… I’m on Verizon.  Verizon (and Sprint!) use CDMA.  Whereas the rest of the world uses GSM.  And Verizon sells a multiple band phone but not a multiple band BlackBerry, and how often am I in the U.K./out of the States.  But when you leave the mother country, […]