Maybe you know more about duck than I do, since “Peking,” “Donald,” “crispy,” “Ugly,” “Odd,” or “Cold” is about the extent of “Duck” for me. Maybe I could stretch the definition to include the idea of bread crumbs on an idyllic pond but for me that’s as far as it’s gone. Until yesterday. Those of […]
Conventional wisdom has it that travel expands one’s horizons. I’ve been testing that hypothesis this summer and have discovered that the horizon is not the only thing that can be broadened by travel. Over the past six or eight years I’ve met lots of people who live, or regularly visit the little village of Las […]
My father was the funniest mathematician I’ve ever known. In his younger days Dad’s humor was often at the expense of others and frequently tended toward the acerbic. Since I didn’t grow up in the same household, I was mostly spared the barb of what could be a quite sharp wit. But I did develop […]
This excellent vehicle is located on the NE Coast of the Dominican Republic and is now for sale. Originally titled in Japan, this Diesel SUV has been (mostly) converted to a LH drive vehicle. It has had one careful owner in the RD and has been well-maintained. This very comfortable vehicle has only 80,000 original km […]
…and he seems to be living there, or maybe in the broiler, I’m not sure. Unlike his amphibian colleague from last year, this fellow is relatively innocuous although, like the frog, he is of a substantial size. He comes out in the dark to hunt moths and other dainties but otherwise keeps mostly to himself […]
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