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Norwegian Cruise Lines, Norwegian Sky, June 18-21, Miami to Bahamas Cruise photo collection, with photosets from the cruise itself, Nassau SCUBA diving, Vizcaya Museum, and the MIA airport chapel. Video: Athol Island Snorkeling Video: Great Stirrup Cay Ship: Norwegian Sky Vizcaya Museum Dive Log I was resistant to the concept of a luxury cruise at […]
Backup of my very first mobile weblog, posted from a Nokia 3390 via AIM Bloggerbot. testing BloggerBot?4/10/2002 08:39:19 PM THIS ENTRY MARKS THE POINT WHERE “SHAME THERAPY” STOPS AND THE MOBILE WEBLOG BEGINS. THAT IS ALL.4/11/2002 07:47:07 PM Argh. Why can’t I sleep?!4/11/2002 10:58:21 PM On my way to a job interview. I just saw […]
In Christ Alone I used to call myself Roman Catholic, but in truth I was more of a pluralistic drifter, noncommitally attracted to anything that seemed interesting, from atheism and agnosticism to horoscopes and Chinese numerology. I tried on beliefs and morals like clothes on a rack, keeping what suited me and discarding whatever was […]
Another sad obituary from the Philippines: Cory Aquino, wife of Ninoy Aquino, heroine of the EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos, and President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992, died from complications due to cancer on August 1st, 2009. She was 76. As wife to Marcos’ most dangerous political opponent she […]
First, some important links: My London photoset. Amy’s London photoset. Castleton Hotel, where we stayed. Now, to the travel log: Before this month I had never been to London, and Amy had only ever seen the inside of Heathrow Airport, so we used some United promo miles to book a “free” (after $212 booking fee) […]
First, let’s set the mood with a video from the Keisei Skyliner: Now, a few things we learned along the way: If, like us, you’re coming from a longer trip elsewhere and carrying lots of stuff that you won’t need for while you’re in Tokyo, Narita Airport has bag storage facilities which will keep your […]
We visited an eye clinic. We took in the view from Tokyo Tower. We drank hot cans of Cafe au Lait while sitting by the waterfall in Shiba Park. We entered Zojoji Temple and listened to the chants of Jodo shu Buddhist monks. We walked through Ueno Park and viewed artifacts at the Tokyo National […]
Typed out in Notes on my iPod Touch through the course of the trip, formatted later with photos. Dec 26, 6:30am EST En route to Newark. Total travel time will be something like 30 hours, with three connections, the longest leg of the trip being Detroit to Tokyo: 16 hours and 30 minutes. As we […]
Who’d have thought writing about getting yelled at by the National Santa’s elves would land me back in the local news? This time, my WeLoveDC entry complaining about being stopped from photographing Santa’s Workshop at the National Christmas Tree got picked up in NBC Washington’s Around Town section. (Cue, of course, the requisite “WELL PEOPLE […]
Discreetly recorded with my Nokia 6120c’s secondary front camera while heading home earlier this evening. I paused and unpaused as people passed by so as not to appear weird, talking to no one on a video phone. Later in the show you can see how tired I get from the walk and the crowd, around […]