Discontinuing his Where Is The Idiot Today? blog after fastidiously posting over 2,500 daily items and photo(s) during the past seven years.
Love getting the latest issue of The New Yorker, with its insightful cover, on a rainy lockdown Monday morning in Northern California. Support first responders! Read more
The Idiot has discovered an ideal way to deal with climate change while continuing his 600-kilometer circumnavigation of Paris on the GR1 hiking trail and taking daily two-to-four-hour walks throughout the city.
He simply accepts the whimsical yin-and-yang spring weather and walks with equal delight in any condition.
The last time The Idiot swam in the Seine in Paris was during an investigative cover story for “The Paris Metro” magazine in 1976 when he “Gets To The Bottom Of The Dirty River And Comes Back Alive.”
Will The Idiot repeat his swim in the Seine during the upcoming Paris Olympics?
Read writer Anne Swardson’s article “Sink Or Swim In The Seine” to find out @
https://anneswardson.com/sink-or-swim-in-the-seine/
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The Idiot hiked more than 35-kilometers (22 miles) on the GR1 around Paris and climbed Table Mountain in South Africa on two separate days this week to prepare for his sponsored walk around Queensland, Australia, to promote participation in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics by athletes over 75. Read more
The Idiot — who was based in Cape Town from 1973 to 1976 while covering events throughout Africa (think apartheid in South Africa, Muhammad Ali in Zaire, Shirley Temple in Ghana, OPEC in Gabon, independence in Mozambique…) for a variety of publications and news outlets — has been offered a spot in a witness protection program if he’s willing to reveal a number of secrets to the authorities. Read more
Paris, December 21
The Idiot has always been a serious fan of December 21st — the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year — because it’s not only the advent of winter but also the herald of longer days.
Here’s how he celebrated the key and titillating autumn-to-winter transition in Paris on the eve of 2024. Read more
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