The Aeolian Islands are a ‘cool’ spot, mentioned in Homer and MAYBE the first trading community in pre-history Med (their obsidian was so much better than flint for tools, weapons, etc)

Why are Yanks such babies about fruit cake, it is awesome, especially with some good marzipan icing... and especially compared to the beige blandness of glorified sponge / ‘pound cake’ that is common as wedding cakes in the US...

nose, meet face... but not for long...

Chick-Fil-A is Emperor’s New Clothes to me... I dated someone who took me along to try their fare... she was a zealot... she was surprised with my ‘meh’... but I just did not see it...
That said, as a foregin-born American who has lived her for 20 years, I have been to Applebees twice with friends who chose it, ditto…

Mercury up the urethra for syphilis.... and a heavy book such as the family bible to take the bend out for advanced cases... that make you ‘happier’?

and wallpaper & makeup... got to make sacrifices for those vivid greens....

just a ‘reminder’- tip in CASH, carry some always, for a variety of excellent reasons

I know it is not uncommon - but as someone who did not grow up here, $50k a year for undergrad?!!  :(

Serious logic error here - SCALE is ultra important
Pretentious but perpertinent quote: Idealism increases in direct proportion to ones distance from the problem ~ John Galsworthy 

New Zealand also, just got mine renewed when I popped ‘home’  :)

As a dirt bike and adventure rider on mixed use trails, for those few of you it is likely best realise that you as a hiker are not the pinnacle of smug ‘in tune with the environment’ or some such BS...

1) Hilux 2.8D

2) Nissan Patrol

I have been fortunate to see mantas diving a few times, they are pretty damn sweet...
They look so ‘slow’, BUT even as a fit diver with good gear you can not keep up...
Just watching them move is so gorgeous...

As many have said, they are NOT concentration camps!

They are disgusting and wrong - but are prison camps, internment camps, etc

I would leave a spelling mistake on purpose in the first paragraph of my university essays - a simple one for the Prof to find, do an “Ahhhhh!”, circle with the red pen, and then settle down to read the content.

In in a sense it is like a friend that gets a new lease car every few years, a nice one, who uses a coin to…

30% - seriously W. T. F. !!!!!!????

Purposefully ignorant, selfish tossers!

“orogenous beats” <—- as a geologist, bravo! 

Now that is a face you just want to biatch slap...

The crisper drawer - where good intentions go to die...

Same price on Amazon if you prefer that vendor, FYI

Same price on Amazon if you prefer that vendor, FYI