Good times, huh?

Modern Day Smiting

So, I love this sign. It makes me laugh every time I see it. It's posted in the parking lot of a  Baptist Church near Davis Square. I've decided that these people not only have a sense of humor but also have realized that towing a car is pretty much the modern day equivalent of smiting someone one. Think about it. . . Like smiting, it's instant punishment for bad behavior and also very public, thus involving a shame factor like being struck by God would bring on. And, like smiting, being towed SUCKS. So, well played, Baptist Church. Well played. There's nothing like invoking the wrath of the divine to keep your lot clear.

Maybe sock-infatuation is more common than I thought

This chart showed up on GraphJam today. Maybe Matt, Greg, and I are not the only folks obsessed with socks as a gift. Mom always gives us a few pairs for Christmas, but we think the motherlode would be getting 365 pairs so you could have a shiny fresh pair every single day of the year. I've given this a lot of thought and I think the ideal mix would be about 50% dress socks, 30% fuzzy white athletic socks, 10% novelty socks, and 10% fuzzy slipper like socks with tread on the bottom to wear around the house. 

Yeah, I've got some time on my hands post-graduation. :) 

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Detailed Trip Report for the Nekton Pilot Medio Reef Trip

Hi there,

I hope this review is helpful! I've detailed out each day and dive site to the best of my memory and annotated photos and videos from the trip at the end. It's a very long trip report, so I've hid most of it behind a cut. I decided to write his  because some of the trip reports I read online helped me decide to take the Medio Reef trip. Maybe this will help you. I hope you try the trip. I had a great vacation and found it to be a wonderful place to dive. As far as comparing it to other places, I found it to be better than St. Lucia and Puerto Vallarta,  as good as Cozumel, Roatan, and maybe Belize (note: I liked but did not LOVE Cozumel, so if you LOVE Cozumel, you may disagree here) but not as good as Bonaire and Little Cayman.

There are links at the bottom to the other trip reports, videos, etc. that I found.

Enjoy,

Shana Lyons

Dave's underwater photos from the Bahamas

As usual, Dave took a bunch of underwater photos on our trip to the Bahamas. The photostream is totally worth glancing through. It's amazing how much better these are than the photos from his first few excursions underwater with the camera. Enjoy.

Dophins off the bow of the Nekton Pilot

Dave and I dove in the Bahamas from June 6th-13th on the Nekton Pilot. I'm working on a pretty thorough trip report (mostly for ScubaBoard, but I'll probably post it here, too) detailing out a lot of the dive sites, but I'm not quite done with it yet. In the meantime, here's a video of dolphins playing off the bow of the boat on our last day of diving. Enjoy.