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We blew off the big boat excursions today, choosing instead to set off on our own, at our own pace. It was a great choice. We snagged a train to Nice, made our way to the market, and spent the morning noshing on whatever little treats caught our...

Well, technically, we're in Beauliue-Sur-Mere. Clyde is much improved, and was able to enjoy yesterday in Cinque Terre and today in Nice. We had chic pea crepes for breakfast in the local market, and hope to have lunch at the Baronness Rothchild's...

After a rough start (Clyde came down with a severe sore throat just before we left the USA), our cruise is underway. Today, we're in Cinque Terra, doing a whirlwind tour of the five seaside towns. It's a pre-packaged excursion -- one of the...

I can't draw well enough to draw comics, but if I could, I'd draw this twisted one today, which features a psychologist talking with a kid:

"Bobby, can you use this iPad to show me how the strange man multi-touched you?"

Another snapshot from the car, fiddling with my iPhone camera and the HDR Pro app. Posted via email from Mark's posterous

Nabbed this shot with my iPhone on our way to the movie theatre this afternoon. Posted via email from Mark's posterous

I'm having fun this morning exploring a new software package called Portrait Professional. With a few clicks of the mouse and some simple adjustments, the software covers blemishes, reshapes faces according to well-established standards of human...

Over on Jase on Cards, Jason just published a podcast: a sample card reading using a Le Normand deck. Here's the link: The entire piece sounds great. It helps that Jason has a warm, friendly voice ... and that he's comfortable speaking his thoughts...

via pinktentacle.com This poster -- circa 1981 -- is part of a series designed to teach Japanese subway riders proper etiquette. All those umbrellas you've been leaving on the subway? They make Jesus really depressed. Here in the States, a poster...

For our ancestors, natural was something quite nasty. Natural often tasted bad. Fresh meat was rank and tough, fresh fruits inedibly sour, fresh vegetables bitter. Natural was unreliable. Fresh milk soured; eggs went rotten. via ideas.blogs.nytimes...