This is not the UK I signed up for

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH (see screenshot for context) Well, at least it’s not 108F, like we’ve been living in. Also here is a pigeon eating a KitKat in Paddington Station.

And we’re off!

Or hopefully so…had an issue with the plane’s auxiliary power, but seems to be fixed now!

One final test post!

Such a thrilling blog today! And I wonder what this testing and categorizing could mean, hmmmmmmm?

Second try

And does this work with the correct tag now?

Is this thing on?

Testing a crossposting plugin I haven’t looked at in literal years. Only going to DW, not any other social network.

WHAT?

Today we are in Fort Lauderdale, and we booked a tour that got us a private airboat ride in the Everglades. There was also a “show” put on by one of the rangers at the park, which was mostly him telling us a bit about the biology and behavior of alligators, and feeding bits of…

So this is unusual…

We got in line for the guest signings at 2:30 and got up to the tables at 3:25. It was very unusual to see John Scalzi and Patrick Rothfuss sitting there, bored, while everyone wanted the McElroy family’s signatures.

Huh

Color me officially impressed: the concert is going on directly below our cabin and we can’t hear a thing! We’re watching the simulcast in our stateroom rather than attempting to go anywhere on the ship at the moment.

Watyr Festival

Toby and I did a food and history tour of Old San Juan today, and neither of us cared enough to go to the big concert that the JoCo Cruise has every year, even though the final act was They Might Be Giants. Which is good, because the concert kept getting paused due to rain…

Portal Stuff!

I mentioned the Portal (2) posters and what-not in my last post. Here’s a few samples.