So, my flight was delayed, meaning that I landed at 1am EST. (It was mostly filled with Europeans, which was odd…but I did have a wonderful convo with a nice Italian lady who was really into “cinema”.)  Since we were going to head out early the next morning, the logical idea would have been to [...]

Well, despite the fact that I could not find my headlamp, I got everything packed and magically fit into Emily’s backpack (borrowing it…).  So, at 7:30 this morning I set off for work with plans to catch the train to the airport for my 6pm flight.
My hiking boots have probably not been worn since my [...]

Well, I figured that since I started this website/blog to document the first Broventure (Andrew’s term), it was only fitting that I continue and post about this one as well.  It has been five years since we bicycled across the county and as part of the pact that we made, we are about to embark on [...]

For the past year, I have been looking into getting a new commuter bag.  While my netbook (how I love my netbook) has made lugging my computer much less painful, my resilient and sturdy LLBean briefcase/bag just does not work wonderfully when walking (or running) to the train station.  While I have no complaints with the bag, it has [...]

Two Sundays ago I made a roast leg of lamb, I had carrots, parsnips, and onions that I roasted below it.  Instead of throwing away the tops of the carrots and parsnips and the outer layer of the onion, I threw them in a pot with about 2 cups of water and handful of spices [...]

A Town Called Panic
2009 | Belgium | Dir. Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
I am not sure if the overly high trio that sat a couple of rows over heightened the movie going experience, but it certainly added to the wild, unpredictableness of the evening spent watching this absurdist animated film. Based on a cult Belgian television show [...]

Terminator Salvation
2009 | USA | Dir. McG
Christian Bale, Sam Worthington
I will put this very simply – without time travel a Terminator movie fails.  Let me explain.  In the first Terminator film a bad ass robot comes back through time and is a real challenge to destroy because he is from the future and made of crazy [...]

I am lucky to have an excellent comic shop within a handful of blocks of my office.  Not only is the place impeccably stocked – where else would have a paperback copy of Alan Moore’s novel Voice of the Fire sitting in stock? – but the owners are friendly, knowledgeable and always on hand with [...]

I am 28, yet I was totally excited when I found that I could watch episodes of “The Batman!” on demand. So, here I am, sitting around in my PJs on a Saturday morning watching Batman cartoons.  But, to my defense, there is a little bit of serious thought tossed in.
My dissertation at Oxford [...]

from Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition
Squirrel – [ME squirel, fr. AF escurel, esquirel, fr. VL *scuriolus, dim. of scurius, alter. of L sciurus, fr. Gk skiouros, prob. from. skia shadow + oura tail - more at SHINE, ASS]
Rat – [ME, fr. OE ræt; akin to OHG ratta rat and perh. to L rodere to gnaw [...]