International Exchange

Things Russia Has That The United States Needs More Of ***Gigantic|http://gallery.prwdot.org/new_tretyakov_and_graveyard/P1010624*** ***monuments|http://gallery.prwdot.org/all_russia/P1010670*** and ***statues|http://gallery.prwdot.org/all_russia/P1010689***. ***Huge|http://gallery.prwdot.org/kremlin/P1010485***, ***beautiful|http://gallery.prwdot.org/red_square_kitay_gorod/P1010541*** ***cathedrals|http://gallery.prwdot.org/gostinyy_dvor/P1010769***. ***Ornate bridges|http://gallery.prwdot.org/gostinyy_dvor/P1010765***. ***Enormous|http://gallery.prwdot.org/palace_embankment/P1010809*** ***columns|http://gallery.prwdot.org/vasilevsky_island/P1020003***. ***Gilded|http://gallery.prwdot.org/tsarskoe_selo/P1010889*** ***palaces|http://gallery.prwdot.org/hermitage/P1020146***. ***Fast, cheap, efficient public transportation|http://gallery.prwdot.org/red_square_kitay_gorod/P1010724***. ***Really little kids playing the accordion|http://gallery.prwdot.org/red_square_kitay_gorod/P1020228***. ***Bright, orange-colored blini shops|http://gallery.prwdot.org/gostinyy_dvor/P1020097***. ***Majestic train terminals|http://gallery.prwdot.org/russia_in_transit/P1010740***. (Forgot this the first time through) Under-street pedestrian crossings. Rather than attempt to have […]

Get on with it!

I think Becky and I were just a little too prepared for this trip. We’ve been sitting around at home for a few hours now trying to think of things to do before we leave, and there’s really nothing left for us to do! I think we’ll be leaving in a few minutes so that […]

Easter Weekend

Easter weekend saw Becky and I traveling separately, but ultimately ending up in the same place. Becky left during the day on Friday to visit Gramma Q, and then headed out to Townsend for the night. I stayed at home and had some bachelor time, in which I attempted to write a ***PHP|http://www.php.net/*** ***flickr|http://www.flickr.com/*** photo […]

Mahhhhk

Happy birthday to my cousin Mark! ggg|nd_party/RemoteCapture_00040|Mahhhhk|ggg This shot was taken in the Glamour Shots studio we set up at our recent ***Napoleon Dynamite Party|http://gallery.prwdot.org/nd_party***. What a great pose! Biographical Note: Mark is one of my cousins on my dad’s side of the family – the son of my dad’s sister Joan and her husband […]

Snow Shmo

Well, there was supposed to be a ***Boston Weblogger meetup|http://blog.meetup.com/3/events/?eventId=3946716&action=pastdetail*** at 7 p.m. tonight, but apparently we’re supposed to get some snow, so it was cancelled. It’s 8:38, and I have yet to see any snow up here in Beverly. Frankly, I think people around here get way too worked up about snow warnings. When […]

Things I Love About My Wife

She has a smile that can make me happy under any circumstances. She packs lunches for me in the morning, whether she feels like it or not. She is fair and considerate and listens to all sides of a discussion, rarely taking a side herself. (She is always on my side, though…) She knows a […]

Gobs of food

Everyone at the office ordered out for Chinese on Friday, from China Corner in Peabody. I got the roast pork lo mein lunch special, which came with a generous helping of pork fried rice and a spring roll. This massive serving of food, which I estimated weighed about 1.5 pounds, cost only $4.50 and was […]

Five Scenarios

Tonight, after we finished dinner at the Salem Taco Bell, we pulled out of the shopping plaza parking lot as usual, in the right hand turn lane. We merged onto Highland Avenue, which at that point is a four-lane divided highway, and traveled in the right-hand lane. Just a few hundred feet later, a black […]

Stupid Selects

How about a nice tasty pack of “I hate those stupid commercials!” Though McDonald’s Chicken Selects do look sort of tasty, the people in those commercials certainly don’t make me want to be associated with them. Will they turn me into the office dolt if I eat them – guarding my Chicken Selects with fervor, […]

Home Again

Just a quick post to let our readers know that we arrived back safe and sound in Beverly this evening. We had a wonderful time on our week-long vacation. I expect that Becky or I will have more details to post later, but for now, here are a few random thoughts on our trip: * […]