“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”* Doomed, then I am. Many of the discoveries that I made in 2010 were purely serendipitous (is that a word?). A few required some hard research. But, I’m happy to say that I am rarely or never bored – there’s always something new [...]

Just what the world needs right, someone else’s top 10 lists? Time Magazine has done the mother of all lists – but I’ve concentrated only on my topics: films, books and plays. They inform me, challenge me and leave me asking questions – that’s why they made my top 10.

Can you believe another year of being curious is in the books? Didn’t I just post Happy 2010? My 2010 recap is complete, along with my top ten lists of noteworthy films, plays and books. In the meantime, thanks for sticking with the curious g for another year. Enjoy the holiday season and the hatching [...]

When all the vehicular traffic is gone, what will Manhattan look like? Bruce McCall, you’ve read my mind. Your take on Mr Bloomberg’s totalitarian state of our streets is painfully funny and fabulous. Read the complete Op-Art piece, Shakedown Street, here. Illustration: from The New York Times /18 december 2010 / by Bruce McCall, the [...]

If you want the words with no context, this post is for you. Dictionary,com chose change and Oxford University Press chose refudiate – yawn, and yawn some more, I say. Vuvuzela was my choice. At least you can sink your teeth into it, it’s got character and a great story attached to it. If you [...]

Some months back, the curious g began a new feature: Headlines I couldn’t resist. If you’re at all curious, here are some new entries that were too odd to pass up. Recent finds: Death And Facebook: What’s Your Status? ~ It used to be death and taxes, now it’s death and Facebook. According to the [...]

Bike through gorgeous African countryside. Build playgrounds within communities. Hang around for amazing game walks and drives, and party at Bush Fire Festival, one of the hottest music festivals in Africa! Most of all, provide food, clothing and hope to orphans whose families have been ravaged by AIDS. Young Heroes, a Swaziland-based foundation I work [...]