Quote of the Day
“On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.” – Anthony Fauci
Sunflower Festival!
Made a last minute decision to head over to Coppal House Farm in Lee, NH today for the final day of the Sunflower Festival and had a great time.
We happen to have quite a supply of jams and hot sauces, which are my standard purchases at these types of things, so we went for crafts for the back yard and the house instead. I dined on fine pulled pork mac and cheese while watching the New England Fiddle Ensemble before moseying through the sunflower patch and heading home.
Quote of the Day
I don’t think things need to be confirmed as socially positive in order to be loved or appreciated.
Football – Chuck Klosterman
I’ve long pushed back on the mere notion of guilty pleasures. With all the tumalt in the world, if WWE or The Real Housewives or Taylor Swift bring you any sort of happiness, the rest of the world should screw off if they don’t like it.
My Epitaph
If the consensus is “Decent Guy, Good Tipper,” I’d be happy.
Sourcing of Earworms
I’m not allowed to name names of course, but I have a client at work whose name is 95% the same as a really annoying one hit wonder song from the 90’s and it has ben stuck in my head for days.
Quite the Puzzler
A few months back I made a mistake. I saw an ad on Facebook for a subscription to a puzzle service, and it seemed like it might make for a good gift for someone I know. it turns out the price was ridiculous, so I closed out the browser and figured that was that. Now months later, my feed is still filled with ads from that company and others of a similar ilk. You’d figure I was a lifelong puzzle afficianado but no. I’m just drowning in a torrent of irrelevant social media spam. Remember when social media was fun? I do.
January 24, 2026 – Heading Home
In our last few hours at Sandals, we couldn’t help but keep an eye on the weather back home.
So we took one last look around…
and got on the plane home.
Wait, why are they flying the Jets jet to Boston? Oh well, click here for a weird collection of photos from the day.
January 23, 2026 – Andromeda Botanic Gardens
Our last full day in Barbados featured one of the highlights of the entire week, Andomeda Botanic Gardens.
We took a two and a half hour guided tour and it wasn’t enough. Sharon’s knowledge of, and passion for the plants and animals that call Andomeda home was such a treat.
January 22, 2026 – Lazy Day
I generally try not to be post pictures of food guy, but today was a lounge around the resort kind of day. And any day consisting of chia pudding…
jerk pork…
and Liz trying (ultimately unsuccessfully) to cut a meatball in half with a toothpick can’t be all bad.
Click here for the rest of the photos from the day!
January 21, 2026 – Learning and Spa Day
In addition to our annual massage day, we learned a few things today.
1. Chickens do in fact know how to beg.
2. The airplane from the show Lost flies right over Barbados.
3. Silent disco looks really strange without the music.
