Home From Hawaii and Blog Plans

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We're back home in Seattle. Apologies to any readers for my lack of blogging! Two factors conspired to keep me from it -- first, the days were generally too busy, from morning till night; and second, I never did find a reliable Internet connection. At least on the Big Island I found the occasional hotspot here and there, but once we went to Kauai I was completely blacked out. It was ironic, because our condo CAME with a high-speed connection...but technical difficulties with my laptop prevented me from being able to use it.

We did have a fantastic trip after I left off. But don't worry: I plan to continue blogging it, day by day, in retrospect. What's more, now that I have the time, I'm going to do it in poetry, as was my original intention. I realize that I never explicitly telegraphed that intention, and I see (now that I have the Internet back) that my only comment has been a scream of horror, but in true Vogon fashion I'm going to continue on (sorry, Robb). My conviction is that prose descriptions of Hawaii vacations have about the same hidden ubiquity and ultimate value as tourist photos of the Lincoln Memorial, and though my verse may likely have even less to recommend it, my working theory is that this is the only way to get better.

--Matt