Family vacations can be mundane, but today was a little different. We took a little drive over to the Ostrich Farm!
The ostriches start out in the incubator, and when they’re about two weeks old, they wind up outside in the nursery.
Once they’re old enough, they’re moved to their permanent pens, where they pose for pictures. This one says “hey.”
Most of them are paired up. These two wouldn’t leave each other’s sides.
And of course, they love it when vistors come with gifts of food!
Hi Rick,
We all know travel is supposed to be fun. And I get it, it’s confusing to be dropped into a foreign land, clueless about the local customs, food, attractions, and the like. But please, for the love of God, stop publishing this information.
I really do admire that you’ve done so well for yourself, amassing detailed reviews of expensive restaurants and luxurious hotels. And it’s impressive how thoroughly you’ve researched each of the destinations you write about. But I think it’s time to back off, Rick.
I can’t remember the last family vacation I went on that didn’t revolve around your advice. I’m sure this advice was well-intentioned; you seem like a good guy, after all. But is that quaint Italian eatery three bus stops away really any better than the one downstairs? Is it worth the two-hour pilgrimage to that wonderous waterfall you say we simply must see?
The problem here is that in order to make these books quickly and efficiently consumable, you only touch on a handful of things to do. This is all well and good, but when you’re all big and famous, people tend to take your advice extremely seriously. I know my mother won’t consider eating in a foreign land without your blessing. So cut us a break, Rick.
At least put a little “I haven’t been everywhere” disclaimer at the front of the book. Or better yet, include a “Very Impressive But Free Or Cheap” section in each book. Even my father would buy it and read it then.
I’m really just trying to help you out here, Rick. And I appreciate what you do. But at the end of the day, you’d be better off to realize that there are some real travel nuts out there, whom you’ve accidentally become responsible for.
Best,
John
OK, here’s the scoop about the Ditties this week. I’m going on vacation tomorrow, so that makes it quite challenging to make and publish a ditty every day, considering I have no idea when I’ll have the Internets, let alone access to recording equipment. So here’s what we’re doing. I’ll post ditties when I can (which should be interesting, and use lots of samples and loops), but in the meantime, we have guest dittyists! Just you wait and hear what these fine people have to offer you. So stay tuned, even if there isn’t a ditty every single day. There will be new dittyish posts while I’m gone!
Well, I’m back from vacation. I’ll probably have some anecdotes, pictures, and movies soon, but right now I’m just too tired to face all that.
And of course, a massive, massive thank-you to Brian for his impeccable wit and intelligence while I was gone. He’s inadvertently raised the bar for this site. So, you know, prepare to be disappointed.
I would, however, like to point out an ad that just went by on a site I was browsing:
And then it links to an “experiment” in which they showed 120 people an OS they claimed was the next Windows, but it was really Vista. I imagine the results showed that these people loved the software when they didn’t know it was Vista, but I can’t be sure, since the site won’t even load under Firefox or Safari, and I won’t touch IE with a 10-foot pole.
But that’s not even the point. What’s alarming here is that Microsoft apparently deems Vista’s image enough of a problem and enough of a public laughingstock to all but acknowledge its poor reputation in its own advertising. “If you pretend to know nothing about what the experts claim, you REALLY WILL LIKE IT! We promise!” So slap on a blindfold, and maybe it’s not so bad.
Personally, I think that instead of wasting time on these “experiments” they should just hurry up at that drawing board they’re getting back to. It doesn’t matter to me, though, since it’s too late–they’ve already lost a Windows customer in me.
Charming, really, what an introduction: “…If nothing else, it will be funny.” Thanks a ton, John.
Oh, hi there, didn’t see you reading, sorry for the snark. Please, let me introduce myself. My name’s Brian and I’ll be stopping by here to fill in while JT is gone. John and I go way, way back. We’re also frequently incorrectly assumed brothers — it’s pretty strange. In any case, my usual musings over at my own little corner of the web tend to gravitate towards classical music and the classical guitar, though like John I sometimes take the occasional peep in to the ridiculousness of the media. I’m also, however, a closet musical theatre sometimes lover and sometimes hater, and I suppose in John’s absence I’ll do some thinking about that neighborhood of the musical world in this space. I’ll be back with something of real substance soon, I promise. And to make JT happy I guess I’ll work on making it funny, too.
I’ll be away for the next two weeks, so no new posts from me. However, I do believe there will be some very special guest blogging here, so stay tuned for that. If nothing else, it will be funny.
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