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June 30, 2008

Is New Media Changing Our Minds?

The Atlantic Magazine says google search is changing the way we think, read and process multi media. The cover story explains research that shows decreased attention span due to web use. No surprise for those of us that saw TV’s effect on reading. Web use is impacted as people read only a few paragraphs as …

June 29, 2008

With No Vision the People Perish

The story below explains how beautiful Baldwin will become an ordinary west Mobile. This quote was used by Jack Miller as the mantra for the String of Pearls, a Mobile downtown development pipe dream that resulted in $400 million in investment, the tallest building in Alabama, a cruise ship, a premiere hotel, an Imax and …

Baldwin County Planning Commission Member Resigns in Protest

District 10 Jim Elliot gave up after almost 2 years, according to todays sunday press register, saying the commission was owned by developers and had no master plan to protect Baldwin County, a beautiful coastal area-the largest county in Alabama and the fastest growing. Elliot fought to protect his Dist 10 area around Blakeley Hwy …

June 28, 2008

Gulf Coast Guest Speaker Available for Free Talks

Entertaining and serious, this speaker covers community and communications from real estate to media. See www.Southlandgulfcompany.com.

The Community Effect an Old Truth entering a New Era

People living together in a community are more likely to have higher health and prosperity research shows. Nations fight less if they talk more, neighbors help more if they know each other. Dr EO Wilson shows ants and monkeys also interact in this community effect. This global and village truth is reflected in the use …

The Obama Nation with a Twist

The experts say Obama’s 4 to 12% poll lead over McCain will diminish into a neck and neck race. But non experts feel the typical swing from party to party with each decade, each war, each up and down of economy, each generation. This post baby boomer candidate reflects the internet saavy telegenic skills of …

The Great American Road Trip

The PBS tv essay on the heels of our family vacation brought back the memories of trips to grandma in tha family station wagon, or to exciting far away destinations that are only very faint memories, like a lucky rabbit foot from an Indian reservation from some state some where. A family trapped in a …

My Zip Talk .com new web site picks Gulf Coast as start up

www.myziptalk.com is a new local web site!

June 24, 2008

Alabama the Beautiful On the Road North of the Coast

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Alabama Boy Goes to Washington

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DC is the new New York City, fashionable, busy and clean! Real estate prices remain high but it is a great city to live in. The Vietnam Memorial remains powerful, with long lines of respectful visitors, as is the Lincoln Memorial. The Korean exhibit is excellent. The WW II …

Biltmore Surpasses Bellingrath in Splendor

Ashville’s first family the Vanderbilt’s have their estate on tour, a remarkable sight, but our Bellingrath is still nice.

Greenville SC a Model Town for Spanish Fort AL

Their downtown layout teaches what a small town should be! Go see! Congratulations Mary Lyn Williams Spanish Fort City Clerk voted Best in the State of Alabama!

College Road Trip Notes From The Road: Coastal Alabama to Washington DC Part One

Fewer cars on the Interstate thanks to $100 a tank gas. DISCOVER the credit card is being dropped by vendors across the nation as their fees increase. Points of interest were Auburn, Tuskeegee greenville SC Ashville NC Richmond VA Williamsburg and Washington DC! Saw Senator Bob Dole mugging for photos on the mall. He said …

June 16, 2008

Coastal Alabama Spans Gulf Coast Like Savannah of Africa

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June 13, 2008

CNN: Liked and Respected TV Anchor Tim Russert Dies Suddenly

stream1.jpg Host of Meet the Press dies at work after collapse.