Archive for August, 2006

I like Monterey Jack and Brie. Provolone and American are boring. I hate bleu. I like the name “drunken goat cheese.” Any recommendations?

Shawn, Joseph, Misha, and I just got back from a kiteboarding camp in Cape Hatteras, NC with Real Kiteboarding. The wind was only there for us for one day out of the four, but we still had a great time. I now own another kite, a 16 square-meter Turbo Diesel. Extrapolating from a page about lifting an obelisk with a kite, we should be able to lift a 1-ton obelisk with it. Next time I find one of those lying on its side, I’ll have to give it try.

And here are the photos from the trip:

Lisbon airport workers are a kind, industrious people with a rich social history and a really big atrium. What few electrical outlets the airport contains are situated nowhere near the waiting chairs, which all happen to be unupholstered. Here are some fun facts should you find yourself in the main Portuguese airport when the UK terror alert goes to Code Teal Armageddon: more…