I love my sutragirl, she scored tickets to “So You Think You Can Dance” live show at Wachovia Center in Philly October 7th at 7:30 (seats 1 & 2 in row 13 section 101). Join us if you want to watch some awesome dancing. I guess we need to find lodging in Philly – what […]
A friend asked that I post some reviews of places I have dived and some comments on Sport Diver magazine’s suggested list of Diving and Resorts (2007 Edition). My response got a little wordy, but it may interest anyone contemplating travel to the Caribbean. More after the fold…
Erci and I don’t go in for regular tanning sessions normally, but we’ve discovered a little trick for preventing a vacation sunburn when going someplace tropical. For a few weeks before the vacation/trip, we visit a tanning salon locally a few times a week to build up a “base coat” of protective melanin. It probably […]
We are finally back from the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo). The drive was long, but seemed short because of good company. It was great seeing people and hearing so many great papers, and bringing home some excellent books. The weather at Kalamazoo was fantastic. Bright and clear days, […]
Wow, it’s been years since I was in Upstate New York during a snowstorm, but that is being changed right now. Mom has her RoadRunner broadband connection now (an amazing Wave Comm contractor came out in the middle of the blizzard and hooked up her connection, even had to climb the pole outside, though we […]
Home Again, Jiggety-Jig. A week in the Bahamas was nice, but I had enjoyed Curacao, Belize, and Cozumel much, much more. Nothing horrendously wrong in Nassau, but nothing overwhelmingly nice about it either. Erci wanted to declare a few extra pounds of body fat at customs because we ate pretty well most of the time […]
Erci and I love aquariums. We have several of aquariums in our home, we visit aquarium stores wherever we travel, and we make semi-regular trips just to visit big public aquariums to learn more about marine life and enjoy the beauty of coral reefs. We just learned about a new (well, relatively new) big public […]
Erci and I just got back from a wonderful trip to sunny Arizona to visit my Aunt Kay, Uncle John, Aunt Vicki, Uncle Darl, and cousins Kyle, Kurt and Sarah. Erci and I fell in love with Flagstaff. It is a beautiful small city with about a hundred years of history, gorgeous vistas of the […]
