"Without music, life would be a mistake." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Peterborough, United Kingdom (March 2012)

Actual screenshot image of the GOP's Delegate Count via the Associated Press posted on Google News on April 17th, 2012:

The original content of the image above was NOT digitally manipulated or altered. Maybe it's a sign?
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Question of the Day?

When was the last time the Faux News' talking head crew reported on the growing 'Cash For Access' scandal in the U.K.? Can you say 'Fair and Balanced'? Read More...

News of the World Phone Hacking Scandal Timeline: Read More...

Update: Gingrich charges Fox News with pro-Romney bias?
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Still Lost in Translation?

Photograph of an actual menu in a traditional English restaurant taken in Peterborough, England (March 2012):

"Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time." ~ Jean Cocteau

Shop Window, Windsor, England (March 2012)

Not Tonight Honey?

Liberal Ladies Who Lunch plan Lysistrata Strike?
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Vending Machine in Men's Bathroom, Heathrow Airport, London, England (March 2012).

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
~ John Wooden

Big Ben at Sunset, London, England (March 2012).

London's Calling?

Is it just me or does the world seem a bit CRAZY these days? After watching the scenes from the recent riots across the United Kingdom, this blogger wonders what would have happened if the thousands of frustrated English youth had channeled their anger into something positive.

In Chile, a country which now protects Freedom of Expression, Chilean college students took to the streets to pressure the government to spend more money on education. However, instead of burning cars and buildings, the student protest on June 24th took a more peaceful, creative and just plain FUN approach to voicing their demands:


Lonely Planet Chile & Easter Island (Country Travel Guide)

"People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live." ~ Martin Yan

Stonehenge, England
Photo by Peter Rimar.

In the Public Domain?

Over the last few years, I've been slowly POSTING various photographs of people and places from around the world on the internet.

Since the vast majority of the images contained on Reporter's Private Notebook are in the public domain, this blogger grants permission to use any or all of these images for Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Blogger along with any and all media outlets (to include Faux News).

Indeed, the undersigned has only one simple request: if you're going to use any or all of this site's uploaded images, please give credit to your original source (Peter Rimar).

Lastly, I've debated back and forth whether to allow POSTED comments on this particular BLOG. If you want to leave a message, comment or complaint, this is the place (see below).