.  My mom says "That boy is a good Mexican" about his fascination with running water.  I don't know ... get to putter to my heart's content...

The world's biggest passenger airliner landed at Europe's busiest airport Thursday to test whether London's Heathrow was ready for the Airbus A380

... warrants a t-shirt. I'll be sure to remember that for my next trade show. Thankfully, the flights ... relaxed on the first flight and reclined my seat to get some shut-eye, the woman behind me began to vigorously kick my seat. When I looked back at her, she said, "Can you not recline your seat? It bumps into my knees." Now, she was not a tall or particularly large woman - just extremely ornery. Even...

Tavarua Island Resort offers a unique experience for surfers and non-surfers alike. A typical day might include a healthy breakfast of our own island papayas amongst other items, some surfing, snorkeling or scuba diving on the beautiful coral reefs and delicious freshly-caught fish for lunch. Then onto more surfing or ...

The Rat checks out Sauce, a hip neighborhood eatery in San Francisco, to see how they go about building their wine list, and if you can charge corkage for Two Buck Chuck...

... the border without papers, unless we did as Sahsez suggested and hid him in the wheel well. My ... onto the strong, broad shoulders of my husband,  who, as luck would have it, works just a block from ... are now paying for my renegade attitude back in February when I decided not to order a birth...

Sahsez started grade two today.  Unlike last year, when she happily submitted to being photographed by Mummy and insisted on me being near her on the way to school and for a little while in her new classroom, this year she ran way ahead of me to catch up with ...

... was a chore.  I felt like a stranger in my own kitchen.  Which really hammers home the fact that I have ... that's hindered my enthusiasm is the season.  It sounds blasphemous to say it, but I'm really over summer ... , because Tobias' cherry tomatoes are still coming on strong and I have to eat my fair share (about ... butter! Mmmm!"  So you see my tastebuds are really ready for some colder temperatures...

... always torn between my desire to let her express herself creatively and my desire to not spend all my ... school taking the hit messwise I figured both of my wishes would be granted.  And it worked out...

... this video exactly recreates what's going on at my porch feeder...