More pics from T. Square

Now that we can see the site, I was looking at with Jacob. When we got to the T. Square post, he said, "Dad, there's another one I really like. where are the balls?'I didn't know what he meant at first, so we went into Iphoto and, of course!…

It’s so weird sometimes… and Yom Kippur thoughts

Jacob ran off after school with his Aussie friend Felix, both of whose parents work at the school. Eli is across the street at the home of Brendan, his Hong Kong Chinese/Brit pal, along with Maurits, his German-speaking Austrian- Dutch bud.…

Hey, I can see the site!

Hey it's a miracle. I can suddenly see the site. i don't know why or how or if it will last. But it looks pretty good!I was surfing around some basketball sites and suddenly realized I was on a blogspot site (Russ Bengsten, former Slam editors…

Exploding pythons…

You've got to read this. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/sfl-105pythongator,0,6131995.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines&track=mostemailedlink

Exploding pythons…

You've got to read this. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/college/sfl-105pythongator,0,6131995.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines&track=mostemailedlink

Holy Rosary Dances with the Devil and more from the mailbag…

Delaware Dave writes in:Fat Al,Sorry that the Yanks went down. No sleep lost in Wilmington over that one.Glad that you caught the end of the Steelers. Initial report is that Big Benhas a hyperextended knee, looked like it may have been a ACL…

Like the Yankees, we gave a valiant effort but failed.

We had our driver’s license tests at 10 am this morning. Mr. Dou drove us out to the big P.R.C. office of Traffic Safety compliance and Road Rules with us cramming in the back seat on the 40-minute drive. We did not bring the books on our…

Cousin Danny wades into the original unwinnable "War On…"

I looked at this picture of my cousin Danny traveling the U.S./ Mexican border with a SWAT team in search of drug smuggler sand I felt two primary emotions – thrilled for Danny, because I know he loves this kind of shit; and utterly depressed…

Pictures of yangshou

A complete write up of the trip is coming, but here are some pictures to begin to give a sense of the incredible otherworldly countryside. The picutres of Jacob in the hat and of me with anna on my back were taken on a tea plantation outside…

As promised, the Holy Rosary Team photo

For those of you who don't know, that's my brother David on the right and his daughter emma in the front row, second from right, number 1.We are back from our trip. Great times. I will post much more and photos over the next few days.Driver's…