Well, it may not compare to hurricane's elsewhere in the world, but it's certainly been a big storm that just hit South Africa. One of IOL's articles on the storm calls it "the worst storm to hit South Africa since 2001". I wasn't here in 2001, so I really wouldn't know, but this storm has been quite impressive.Read more »

Well, Raoul and I had quite a bit of fun earlier today. Raoul is currently reviewing the Epson Stylus CX8300 printer so he can write a review for IOL Technologies. Last night Raoul brought the printer home from work, and this morning he opened it up to get everything going. Inside the box we discovered some more goodies with the printer- 50 pieces of small, normal size pieces of photo paper, and several pieces of A4 size photo paper, as well as an extra set of ink cartridges. Now we REALLY got ready to have some fun.Read more »

By popular demand, I've added a few pictures. There are a few of Merlo, as well as some long-awaited honeymoon photos. With our better connection, I'll try to upload photos a bit more frequently. Enjoy!

It's really quite hilarious. Darryl had come over this afternoon just to visit, and I jokingly told him, "Darryl! Make our passports get here faster!" (My passport, Mom's, and Dad's would all be coming together.) Of course Darryl couldn't do anything to make our passports get here faster, but I just wanted to give him a hard time. Read more »