Perfect night for an end-of-weekend campfire. Coyotes whooping it up in the fields around us too. Great stuff.

Dear diary, today at work I found an alligator clip that made me briefly question whether I'd been secretly shrunk...

My kingdom for a set of kitchen tongs built well enough that this stupid rivet thing lasts longer than just a month or two...

So what's the deal with these Goodpods #podcast charts? Are they legit in any way? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the little ego boost of seeing #1 All Time beside something I've done, but I can't help but think there *are* better #linguistics pods out there... #langsky #etymology

Today is day five in Lisbon, and this morning is saw my first cloud while here.

There are worse ways and places to while away an hour on a sunny afternoon...

17 years ago I randomly came across a crocodile tied to a hydro pole in downtown Hanoi. Life was... different... back then.

Since Jan, I've been concertedly working on getting in better shape. #running folk out there: please weigh in. I'm now at the stage where I can do 5km in under 30 min, so I'm trying to keep that pace where it is, but slowly add distance a 1/4km at a time before adding more speed. Decent approach?

Just me sitting here wondering how much meat is in Red Bull or Monster...