Who likes the seashore in the off-season...?

We do! We do!


Hawk's Nest Beach, Old Lyme CT:




Mmm... sparkly.









"Okay, let's take a "belly picture" by the ocean. Ready?"




Harkness Memorial State Park, Waterford CT.
I nominate this for a future Convergence Group Excursion. It's breathtaking... in all the ways Sherwood Island Park wasn't. ;)


"Charming 22BR 12B on 230+ acres, waterfront. Move-in cond., motivated sellers. Serious inq. only, no Sec. 8 please."


Race Rock Lighthouse, Long Island Sound.
Devotees of "Ghost Hunters" will recognize this location. And wait... off to the right of the lighthouse... WHAT'S THAT THING FLOATING OVER THE WATER?!!

Seriously... I have no idea what that is.










Not picturesque in the slightest.

Subprime 101

As someone who works in the educational information business, and as an MBA, I feel that it is my duty to foster and develop the financial literacy of those around me. Now, you have been hearing the word "subprime" in the news lately, but you may be wondering what exactly it means. To that end, I present you this simple explanation.

NTT, part 4

Blacked out vans, contingency plans / they like death or glory...

Name that Tune, pt 3

Under the leaves the swallow is resting . . . .

Here's another one . . .

. . . and the grease in the hair of a speedway operator is all a tremulous heart requires.

Name that song

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now

Stuff We Like?

As promised this weekend, here is a link to Stuff White People Like. As usual, you have Katherine to thank for finding this one.

In other news, it finally dawned on me that the reason I haven't been getting any of the updated Silencio posts is because I rely on Google Reader to tell me about them-- and it apparently doesn't like the fact that we are now password protected.

Floyd-less

(Can you tell by all my blogging I have a HUGE stack o' papers to grade?)

After you all left the other day, Anthony and I just relaxed and watched TV while I read The Times. He stumbled upon a film on VH1 about the making of Dark Side of the Moon and I kept asking questions about everything "Who's that guy?" "Is that video clip from The Wall?" "Who's the drummer again?" The fact that I was no good viewing companion--the least equipped of the five of us to appreciate the film--was really emphasized by the fact that you guys had just left . . .

Random Tuesday

So I was walking back from lunch with my co-worker Jerry when for some reason we started talking about TV from the '70s and '80s. He reminded me about this:



I have a feeling that I am going to be hearing this phrase many, many times in the next few days...

"Alex, I'll take unlikelihoods for $1000."

OK, would you believe I have a Jeopardy! audition? I did the little online test a couple months back, just for fun, and I just got invited to Boston in May. I'm kind of freaked out. What will I wear? ;)

Top Gear: What Kind of Car . . .

For those of us obsessed with BBC American and Top Gear, a little quiz (scroll down): what kind of car are you? Apparently I am a Chevy Pick-Up.

Question...

Has requiring us to log in in order to check the blog made it less appealing?

Just wondering. I find myself skipping it some days because I'm too lazy to stop and put in my info. (This may just be a case of my incredible slothfulness, and I freely admit that. ; ) )

Anyway... if it's killing the fun for everybody, maybe we should remove the login requirement...?