A Good Day
We snorkled the length of the Malmok reef today. Peter, who is notorious for not being able to resist touching anything, found a pair of ugly fish sitting on a big anchor on the...
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Political Flag Waving
When we first landed in Aruba, we immediately noticed all of the cars zooming around that had big, colorful flags on them. There were also flags flying in the front yards of houses along...
Donkey Odie
Tonight during supper a donkey walked up to the gate in front of the house. It was a wild donkey. We guessed it was wild because we had heard there were wild donkeys on...
Gone Fishin’
There’s not going to be a lot of posts for a while, because we’re here: View Larger Map We’ll tell you all about it when we get back. Until then, there’s not going to...
Congress Speaks
Since the presidential election, there’s been a lot of action on making it easier for the public to get information about what the government is doing. For examples, check out Data.gov, Sunlight Labs, and...
Little Boxes
I just finished reading The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton. It’s an interesting exploration of what makes good architecture work, and why so much architecture doesn’t work. The last chapter is really...
A History Lesson (Because I feel like it)
Rome was once one of the largest empires ever to have existed. (Title of the largest goes to the mongols) This was brought about by the legions, and upheld by the Civil Service system...
Broiled Fish with Red Pepper-Orange vinaigrette
This is another recipe that sounded good from the Boston Globe Magazine article of a few weeks ago. We got another nice cod from the CSF today, so while the recipe suggested striped bass...
Ferrari 458
The new Ferrari is coming soon. It is called the 458 Italia it is the replacement of the 430. It looks like the 430 combined somewhat with the Enzo. Top Gear has recorded the...
