That has got to be the meanest depiction of a foreign Navy that I’ve ever seen.
Wedding: Brandon and Wendy
Congratulations to the sweethearts of the faith-based blogging world: Brandon and Wendy were married yesterday, and there was much rejoicing. Rich has pictures.
The Giant Squid
Giant Squid at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, two of them, on display in giant formalin pickle-jar tanks. (It was a bit too dim for my Pencam, but nothing a little tweaking couldn’t fix.)
Photos taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.
After taking those photos, I dropped by the National Art Gallery to look at some Rembrandts, Rubens, and early Italian sculpture. Got some nice photos of Voltaire busts. Then, I did some skating: at the Washington Monument as usual, then down to the Tidal Basin (where I saw a dead crow, possibly downed by West Nile) around to Jefferson Memorial, and down to the Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial.
I really, really like living here in DC.
(Oh, and speaking of giant squid, I tried Cajun Seafood Gumbo with Okra for the first time at lunch today. In a bread bowl. Delicious.)
Last Day at First Baptist
Today was my last day of worship as a watchcare member at First Baptist DC, and at the end of the service, Pastor Jim had me and Meredith, another leaving watchcare member, stand at the foot of the chancel, where he wished us Godspeed, and publicly presented us each with a piece of bread. What a cute, poignant symbol of fellowship! I really loved worshipping and serving at this church, and I’m looking forward to getting a car so I can drive back here on Sundays from Baltimore.
Speaking of which, yes, I’m moving to Baltimore this coming Saturday. More on that later. Right now I’m skating down to the Museum of Natural History to get photos of the Giant Squid.
Meanwhile, check out these freaky yet well-executed works of surreal art, link courtesy of Matt Rea.
Doomsday
Waiting
The Barney Horror
England, Great Britain, and the UK
The difference between England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. Okay, now I get it. So while all English are technically British, not all British are English, right?
CPP on the Terror List
The Communist Party of the Philippines has been added to the US Terrorism List. If that’s so, I wonder if the US-Netherlands extradition treaty can now cover Joma Sison, who continues to live high on the hog in Amsterdam while his NPA minions wreak death and havoc on rural Filipinos, all in the name of a dying ideology they hardly know anything about.
Joshua Foer Meets BJU
Joshua Foer is Jewish, but when his travels take him to Bob Jones University, he decides to go undercover. Then he tries to do it with the Mormons, too. If I ever decide to go to seminary, remind me never to go to BJU.
Update: It’s all gone now. Rest assured that it was funny.