A recent article published in The New York Times about the hit-or-miss nature of the spa experience got me thinking. The article, “Beyond the Body Wrap: What Makes a Spa Stand Out?” attempts to educate the reader on how to make the most of your visit in a nation that now has more spas than Starbucks. The truly helpful nuggets of advice were buried in impractical comments like how a $5 massage in Thailand would be just as good as a $150 massage in New York. That priceless tidbit came from the mouth of a Hilton executive who doubtless, doesn’t [...]
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I read a priceless comment recently on the pages of Wired.com about the origins of blogs. In the “The Ultimate Blog Post,” Lore Sjoberg writes that “blog” is not only short for “weblog” but also “we blog because we weren’t very popular in high school and we’re trying to gain respect and admiration without actually having to be around people.” Now that’s funny. But wait, what am I laughing at? I wasn’t all that popular in high school and spend far too much time plunking away at my keyboard. Alone. In the dark. On Saturday nights. Now it’s not so [...]
