I’ve learned a new word while we’ve been traveling around New Zealand: tapu. It’s a Maori word that means, literally, “unknown”. I was told that the Maori use it when referring to anything new or unexplored. They consider the tapu to be sacred. The tapu therefore...  read more

LOST premiered on ABC tonight. Marja and I had heard about it -- we were glad that Dominic Monaghan was getting work after Lord of the Rings and there were posters all over the Metro -- but forgot about it and didn't watch the show. In fact, we kept forgetting about it until episode 10, "Raised...  read more