Whatever the line, cruise ships always ensure the days have a jam-packed itinerary, and Carnival’s Glory was certainly no different. The usual classes are available at the fitness centre while the spa offers a number of health workshops in addition to their standard assortment of services – though if you are going to indulge in some treatments keep an eye on your daily itinerary for specials. On the upper decks you could even find a basketball court or take a whirl on the mini-putt green if you ended up tiring …

For Nicole’s 2013 birthday we decided to take a weeklong cruise out of Miami. Here’s some fun footage of Nicole bustin’ a move on the seven seas (video’s just over 4:20 long) as she performs Young MC’s ‘Bust a Move.’ Perhaps a mainstain of cruise line entertainment, karaoke is almost always on the day’s itinerary. Apologies that the footage is a little dark.

While we’re still getting back into the swing of things since returning from our cruise last week – pictures and video to follow soon – I thought I’d post this great video I came across which explains the history and evolution of typography. Video runs just over 5 minutes and does an awesome job covering the major innovations that have occurred in typeface since the fifteenth century.

We’ve been on a couple cruises – and barring any surprise birthday trips (there’s time!  It’s next month!), that’s likely the next trip for us.  If you’ve taken a look to the right, you might have seen our next scheduled trip is a cruise out of Istanbul – we’ll be going with my mom and dad, who are pretty fun to travel with.  I’m also weirdly fascinated with the larger and larger ships – Royal Caribbean’s Allure and Oasis are currently out of budget, but I’d really like to get …

I feel like a decadent capitalist pig when I tell people we’re going on a cruise – which is kind of counter to how I try to live and think, though it’s entirely possible, that under my bleeding-heart Pinko Commie vegetarian trappings, I am. However, despite the impression of dissolution, there’s a lot to like about cruises: you get to see a number of places while you and your stuff stay in one place; the food is pretty good and included; there’s stuff to do on the ship; and with some …

Bringing some of my favorite things together I came across this and had to share. In an effort to encourage interest among inner city students in advanced science teachers in New York are using rap. Joining their cause is the legendary rapper GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan whose upcoming solo album ‘Dark Matter’ covers topics like the Big Bang. Performing some of the material at Bronx Compass High School, GZA has joined forces with Columbia University professor Christopher Emdin and ten New York City public schools where they intend to …

Oldest of the districts, Alfama spreads up the side of the southern slope from the Tagus River to the Castle of Sao Jorge at its top in a series of narrow streets and small squares. Established during the Moorish invasion of Iberia the district’s name is derived from its original Arabic name. Interestingly while the great earthquake of 1755 devastated much of the capital, the neighborhood suffered relatively little damage, but like then, continues to be notorious as one of Lisbon’s poorest districts largely populated by fishermen and the poor, …