My second and final weekend in Southeast Asia, Inna and I flew up to Phuket, Thailand for sightseeing and tigers!

While this blogpost only covers our weekend in Thailand, you can read about the rest of my two weeks in Malaysia here, and our other weekend side-trip to Singapore here.
Saturday, 24 March 2018

Saturday morning Inna and I were up ( Read more... )

On April 8th, Inna and I adopted our first joint-custody cat, an 18 month old longhair tuxedo whom the shelter had christened “Trent”.

The biggest problem we’ve had with him has been choosing a suitable new moniker, since “Trent” did nothing for any of us.

I brainstormed a list of 55 names I’ve suggested, and I’m sure Inna’s list was equally long ( Read more... )

Okay, enough of all that heavy life stuff! In order to maintain the balance in your chi, I offer the following list of the 14 funnest (not funniest, but funnest) things in the world to say. I encourage you to say them aloud. Often. Loudly. In crowded rooms!

First up is my childhood favorite: flabbergastedThere’s something ( Read more... )

iniren is a native Russian, and I studied Russian for most of my college career, so when we started dating, I tried to revive what little I remembered of the tongue.

For the most part, iniren had no patience for it, and gave me little to no ( Read more... )