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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Niiiice

Oh, England. You never cease to delight and amuse: Talk about subliminal marketing! These are an Actual Thing, and aren’t even trademarked—several different companies market more or less identical biscuits, right down to the sans-serif NICE. Allegedly, they’re pronounced “neese,” after the French city, but that’s so much less fun.

Make Way for Ducklings

Just when you thought Stephan couldn’t get any more awesome, he goes and saves a tiny little baby bitesize duckling! We had a bit of bread to feed the ducks on our canal walk yesterday, but we couldn’t find very many, so we had to walk farther than we usually do, down to the lock [...]

On April

Whoever said “O, to be in England, now that April’s there” was not kidding.* I’ve never really had a favorite season. This is probably because Portland only has two of them: 1. Mild and rainy [Labor Day until the day after the Rose Parade] 2. Sunny and humid [whatever is left] Neither did I develop [...]

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