My Cardboard Balcony

Hi Everyone! This is Arden with a guest introspection tonight because. Just because. That's all the reason I need. So Belinda and I have been married for almost a week now, and we've been having a very nice time in Hawaii (if you couldn't already tell from this week's Poet Corners). We just got back from happy hour at the hotel bar where we chatted with a nice couple from Michigan celebrating their 25th anniversary and we're about to head out for a nice sushi dinner for our last night here. It's been wonderful! Being on vacation is awesome!* Sadly, tomorrow we have to fly home and go back to our real lives.** But we've had a great time being married so far, and I'm really looking forward to continuing to be married back home. Have a great night and a great weekend, everybody! *It is especially awesome because we've determined the two rules of vacation are 1) calories don't count and 2) money isn't real. **Our real lives are less

Pulled Pork At Its Meanest by Belinda Roddie The luau was fun until they resurrected the roast pig.

The Underground had been designed to be just that - buried deep in the earth so that little light came, but water still flowed easily, the pipes in remarkable condition considering that the plumbing itself was over fifty years old. Paths and tunnels had been carved through both hard rock and rich,  soft soil, and beneath your feet, you could barely feel the warmth of what must of been lava underneath: "Our natural heating system," the mayor said.