Around the Island

Here's a quick roundup of happenings and travels from around the island:

• One-and-a-half thumbs up for this harrowing tale from Brendan W. Seriously though, be careful with your antsis.
• Brittany sound's busy with a ton of different projects, all while entertaining a guest.
• Sticking with the horrific sounding injury theme, Chris Planicka has some run-ins with the local fauna.
  
• Katie marvels at the human capacity for and limits of cultural adaptation.
• Marshall beats me to the punch on funeral musings, and considers grief in the American context surround ing 9/11. Post on the group blog next time bun master.
• Maureen visits Madagascar's most famous national park, and discusses the causes of deforestation.
• Melanie considers what makes an effective PCV. Gotta say Mel, whatever it takes, I'm sure you got it.
• Dan and Corey dine with the President. Did they serve rice and meat?
  
• Ryan celebrates his first birthday in Madagascar. Happy birthday Ryan!!!
• Sasha watches the election results in style at the swanky Ambassador's house. Take heart SED...I'm sure we'll get another business friendly Republican administration, well...sometime in our lifetime.
• Finally, last but not least, Tara fasts for Ramadan and learns some great cultural lessons.

Great stuff everyone. Now for those of you who already posted or cross-posted from individual blogs, thank you. For the rest of you CROSS POST! This took a long time to do, so save me the trouble next time by doing a simple copy/paste. Hope you are all well and savoring having a leader who speaks coherent English as much as we are.