New pictures!

Well, old pictures, but maybe new to you: Wadi Rum, Petra, and various iftar activities in Jordan. More to come, but not for a few weeks.

Distraction

Introducing: Google's newest way of distracting us.

Now you can, for instance, find out that far more people in the Philippines and Ireland googled Pope John Paul II than in the US, but no one really cared much about googling the pope until he died. People in Halifax really like Oprah. And Britney Spears has been on a downhill curve in popularity with only a few spurts when something exciting happens, like babies. Besides that, more people in Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Portugal, and Finland care about Britney than in LA. (Besides that, they wanted the news in Danish, Spanish, and Swedish.)

Think of all the wonderful things you can explore when you should be working...

WMATA

Dear Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,

I realize that summer is approaching and the outside temperatures are rising. However, this does not mean that all the metro trains need to have the air conditioning set to 40 degrees.

Thank you.

We Are Scone Models

This weekend:

Lisa came to DC! We ate scones on the Mall!



Life is good.

Summer Means ... Farmer's Markets!

10 Reasons to Eat Local, posted on the Eat Local Challenge blog.

Community Supported Agriculture : What it is, why it's good, where you can find it in your area.

Every city has Farmer's Markets, right?

If you're in DC and you're interested in home delivery, sign up here.

Spread the word!