The Manlius Formation

Jules Verne saw a future where man would conquer the seas in submersible watercraft. We are navigating the seas of that future.

Arthur C. Clarke envisaged the use of space-based communication satellites. That reality is here (over).

William F. Nolan followed Logan as he tried to escape his Lastday execution. There is pending legislation in Congress to make Lastday a reality.^[1]

We now bear witness to the frightening future of H.G. Wells’ Food of the Gods in all its massive glory.

Behold! A giant 5 year old attempts to wrest the Washington Monument free from its base:

Having no luck there, he tries to take the Lincoln Memorial home to use as a toy garage:

He eventually shrunk back to normal size and lived happily ever after.

The end.

Click through to the gallery for more photos of our most excellent trip to DC to visit with the Seidel and Barsky clans, and our subsequent visits to the Air and Space Museum and the National Mall.

1. Well, not really, but wasn’t it fun when the talking heads were pushing that nonsense? [back]

Ingredients:
4 Adults
5 Boys
Beach toys
Many gallons of gasoline
Parsley

Instructions:
Evenly distribute first three ingredients between two minivans. Add gasoline. Point vehicles east. Drive 4-5 hours until Boston is reached. Rest for 2.5 days. Drive north 1.5 hours to beach. Bake at 85 degrees for 2.5 days. Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.

We had a great time this week in Boston for a few days, followed by
a few more in Maine.

In Boston we enjoyed a visit to the aquarium, a tour of Fenway, a boat tour, and a Duck Tour. After a few days of that, we headed north to Maine, where we hit the beach and took the boys on a fishing trip.

On the way back we stopped off to see Rob and Holly in their new home.

A great time was had by all. Visit the gallery to see some photos of the fun.

Just wanted to give a quick shout out to our good friend, Holly, and welcome her to the blogosphere. Take a minute to check out her newly minted blog, centering around ways to feed the soul and the stomach.

In related news, I hope to inform my legions of readers about composting and companion planting this spring. Our compost pile right now is a bunch of frozen vegetable peels and eggshells, but I hope that in the early summer it will be a decaying mass of wormy nutrition for the milpa I plan to set up in our backyard.

It will take a fortuitous convergence of time, energy, and extra petty cash to pull it off, so keep your fingers crossed - but not so crossed that you can’t click on the link to Holly’s blog. Speaking of which, why are you still here? Get over there.