research showed that cats contribute little to human society

Further evidence that it is the cat who domesticated men than the other way around.

pretty pictures from Jamaica

First, the bizarre food portion.
Jamaica was not as big of a haven for bizarre food as I thought. Their national dish, Ackee and Saltfish, is basically salted cod sauteed with a local fruit called ackee. It looks like scrambled eggs with mushrooms. The other famous Jamaican dish is the jerk barbecue, which is meat broiled over a type of wood. For some reason chicken is a lot cheaper in Jamaica than pork or beef.

One of the things that I found to be unusual is this drink I found in the local grocery store. It tastes like peanut butter with milk.



Another mild oddity I found is this bag of treats. It's salty and tastes more like potato chips than bananas. If you've eaten in a Brazilian restaurants before and had some of the fried plantains, that's what you can expect.


One of the common sights on a Jamaican beaches looks like this little fella. Don't worry. We didn't eat it.



The place we went to is called Montego Bay. It is the second largest city in Jamaica. As you can see from this hilltop view, that's not saying much.



However, there are pretty scenery to be found in Montego Bay. Here's a view from the famous Rose Hall Great House, home of the famous White Witch.



Here's a portrait of the famous White Witch Annie Palmer.



All in all, I found Jamaica to be a beautiful country with a fascinating history and interesting people. Its forest is rich in flora but somewhat limited in fauna. The only endemic bird species are the size of hummingbirds and the largest native mammal is a bat. Would I go back? Maybe in twenty years when I've visited Costa Rica and most of the major islands in the Caribbeans.

back from Jamaica

I was literally swimming with the dolphins yesterday morning in Jamaica, and a mere six hours later, I'm back in from of my home office replenishing my Kindle. I love the 21st Century.

Move to India or lose your job

I know I joked about this before but I didn't know that people are actually doing it.

Afghanistan's pig quarantined

It's not a grammatical error. There is just the one pig in all of Afghanistan.