Come on Oliver, let’s lounge!

So I haven’t posted in forever. It happens.
The Bahamas were just lovely, with plenty of lounging, reading, eating, lounging, swimming, lounging, judging, eating, lounging etc. going on.
Spring finally arrived in Williamstown in the form of summer, and at 91º this weekend it was time for a tasty Poker F picnic, a perfect end to a [...]

Apple pancakes

Another finals week done. I think between the six of us our house wrote enough for a full-length dissertation in the past nine days, and so it was with relief that we dug into our finals Sunday brunch, Poker F style (which was a good way to use up our excess apple supply before leaving [...]

Finding Pants in Pennsylvania

Quiet first week home. I did the usual dentist trip, then got desperately-needed ties and a haircut. Also, lots of pants, as I basically left all my clothes in Siena so that I could bring back actual Italian things like books and wine. Thankfully, I did not bring back any microorganisms.
I’ve reverted to total-veg for [...]

Fried Artichokes and Passport Control

My final four days of Italy were spent in Rome, which was just as chaotic, ugly, and beautiful as everyone said it would be. We hit the usual spots (the Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Colosseum) and they were all packed with tourists, but also all stunning and worthy of their place in the standard [...]

Pimp Chef doesn’t order pizza

When it’s the end of a long and unexpectedly brutal semester, and you’re starting to confront the rupture spring study abroad imposes, it seems all you can logically do is hold a silly-hat party.
So we did, replete with wine, beer, greasy and wonderful pizza, dramatic readings, and screaming at the snowstorm overhead.
The next 48 hours [...]

The 1550 duffel

Just figured out after an hour where my Roman-numeraled (ha) bag was. Now quite sweaty, since my room does not have great circulation. See everyone tomorrow!

Want some rye?

Course’ you do!
Killing time this weekend I managed to get this up and running inside the Terminal:
You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door.There is a small mailbox here.
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Zork! I first ran into the series when I was given Return To Zork sometime around 4th [...]

Crazy Pacikng Day

There are a whole lot of things that separate collegiate and family life, but the chasm between the two environments really shines through when traveling.
It makes all the difference in the world when the only person you really have to look after is yourself. College students are quite self-reliant – even when road-tripping, you don’t [...]