I’ve been trying to set a few modest goals, both daily and weekly. In the course of a day, it’s good to get some stupid things accomplished, and off your “list". I guess because it leaves you feeling that you and the “rest of the world” still have something to do with each other!

Si chiama Tomas Carlos Pereira, ha venticinque anni, 33'000 chilometri nelle gambe e la prospettiva di macinarne altrettanti.

There were no rules in the race, except that the first car to Paris would win the prize of a magnum of Mumm champagne. The race went without any assistance through countryside where there were no roads or roadmaps. For the race, camels carrying fuel left Peking and set up at stations along the route, to provide fuel for the racers. The race followed a telegraph route, so that the race was well covered in newspapers at the time. Each car had one journalist as a passenger, with the journalists sending stories from the telegraph stations regularly throughout the race.

Un mutilato di guerra compie il giro del mondo a piedi. L'aviatore francese Jules Pernot, amputato delle due gambe durante la guerra, è arrivato ieri a Vancouver, proveniente da Yokohama. Jules Pernot, che ha le due gambe di legno, compie il giro del mondo a piedi per vincere una scommessa.