Behold, the Maryland state flag — one of the best in the Union — and state flower on top of the Maryland state desert, the Smith Island (birthday) cake. Best of all, this was a birthday we celebrated while on Smith Island.
The iguana on the right was in a bad mood: moments later it slapped the other one with its tail. So much for hanging out.
On a Caribbean island, even the view from an outhouse is approaching transcendence. Especially the view from an outhouse.
Analogy of the Week Award goes to Eric Levitz of Vox:
In our conversation, Przybylski said he doubted that using social media shortens people’s attention spans. To me, this is a bit like doubting that chewing broken glass causes oral discomfort. And I imagine most of my fellow heavy X users would agree.
Though not as big of an X user as I used to be, I, too, agree.
Who is the flaneur here?
A small drop on a large leaf, as seen at the family favorite, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens.
The Las Vegas travel guide for families: come for the chocolates, stay for the surrounding cactus garden.
As an aside, is there anything more American than being so bored in retirement that you start a new business which 20 years later gets sold back to your old company?
This page from Carl Sagan’s The Demon-Haunted World was common sense when it first came out almost 30 years ago. Today it reads like a revolutionary screed.
What war on Christmas? The magic was alive and well in DC last year.
As tall as they all are, Honolulu’s skyscrapers still respect the sky.