http://www.plash.org  ... the only thing better than a cow is a human... unless you need milk. Then you really need a cow. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:25:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Perhaps we should all just accept that this blog, like so many others out there, has fallen into a state where it'll be updated every few months, and each post will begin with an apology that it has been so long since the last post. (Who are we apologizing to, ... http://www.plash.org/?p=20 My pastor in college once gave a sermon lamenting the slow downfall of Thanksgiving, a holiday with limited commercial appeal. Every year Thanksgiving gets squeezed a bit further as the demands of the "real" holiday season kick in ever earlier. I find myself getting a bit defensive on Thanksgiving's behalf: ... http://www.plash.org/?p=17 The guidebooks are fairly clear on this subject: in Guatemala, you should avoid going places at night. (In fact, there are those who think you would be wise to avoid the place in the daytime, too. The ever-cheerful US State Department has a page on Guatemala, which informs you that you ... http://www.plash.org/?p=13 We saw our first Mayan ruins at just after 5 AM. We'd booked a "sunrise tour", which required being outside our hotel and ready to go at 3:30 AM (in case it's been a while since you've been up at 3:30 AM, here's the skinny: it's incredibly, mind-poundingly early) followed ... http://www.plash.org/?p=11 Today, my sister and I are off to Guatemala for some serious vacationing, so my normally relentless writing pace is going to slow down for a brief period. Neither one of us speaks much (read: any) Spanish, so this ought to be fun! There'll be pictures when I get back, though. That ... http://www.plash.org/?p=9 Although in many ways she's a failure as a cat (she'd probably run from a mouse if ever she were to see one), she does have really cool eyes. http://www.plash.org/?p=8 Earlier this week, I caught a ride to camp with Charlie and Kristen. The three of us are part of a fairly exclusive club: we're not just former camp counselors (of which there are many) but former camp counselors who continued working summers long past the usual expiration date. Most ... http://www.plash.org/?p=7 So, now that we've all had... oh, let's call it an extended hiatus, I've decided to potentially resume posting stuff now and then. "Potentially" because plans like these don't always pan out, do they? But let's give it a whirl, shall we? There's interesting stuff coming up: photos, publications, and ... http://www.plash.org/?p=4