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I hate Nike. I can’t believe I have just spent $500 on their kit. I shall never again be buying their rubbish. Nike sucks. They own Cole Haan. I recently went into their Columbus Circle store in Midtown New York. I left with two pairs of shoes that will

I’ve mentioned before that being in faraway timezones provides unexpected radio listening opportunities, such as listening to Dr Karl. On this occasion, when trying to fathom how salmon swam up the over-polluted and brine-heavy River Tyne, he told one of his favourite jokes. When Einstein got to Heaven, he

Bankers. Is there any profession out there more hated right now by Joe Public? Even the Governor of the Bank of England thinks they’re a disgrace [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sir-mervyn-king-attacks-banks-amid-new-scandal-7899256.html] . Perhaps it’s time he did something about it, rather than talk. Not

The one strange benefit of being in different time zones is listening to middle-of-the-night radio in the daytime. This led me to the pleasure that was hearing Dr Karl [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Kruszelnicki]. So, here’s the kind of item he illuminates. The Voyager spacecrafts. Launched in the

I had a thoroughly enjoyable supper on Polk in downtown San Francisco Saturday evening. One dining companion had a fascinating backstory. From fleeing Burma at the time of an authoritarian crackdown when 14 to living in Japan for over a decade, he certainly was one American who thankfully knows about

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2012/06/sf-sammys-gourmet-deli.jpg]America, o America. Or as a presidential candidate’s new app released last week called it, Amercia. It’s been a while since last in San Francisco, but boy, have things changed. The omnipresent poverty on every street corner is

So, after watching Brazil rout USA 4-1 in my hotel room, I came across CNN. Thankfully Piers Morgan’s show was being hosted by someone else. I’m sure Mr Morgan has many a talent. Alas, interviewing is not one of them. Yet I do tune in occasionally in the

This can misleadingly sound like a daunting phrase to get your head around. Don’t fret it; > You have one specific idea. And you relentlessly persevere with it. You continually pursue the thoughts, ambitions, dreams of that idea. I learned this at around 6.30am in a San Francisco

The strangely entertaining (for a foreigner) New York Times Close Up slot features as its host the accomplished yet bizarrely expressionless Sam Roberts. On NY1 this weekend featured an English author’s new book. Peter Pringle in Experiment Eleven (reviews on this Amazon link [http://www.google.co.uk/url?