It was much colder last night than it has been: 38°F (3°C). It was sunny when we got out of bed. I had Quaker Natural Granola - Oats & Honey & Raisins with powdered milk for breakfast before my lavAzza coffee. I worked up a blog entry, then did some computer work. I updated this site to make it easier to make a bookmark that will take you to the latest post — you no longer have to edit the URL to remove the "date" argument.

Had lunch of a Genoa salami and Swiss cheese sandwich on rye with Grey Poupon Country Dijon mustard with a glass of Coca Cola Classic, followed by banana and an apple. I did some more computer work.

I started to make dinner around 3:35. We were going to have grilled pork chops, and I wanted to use a good marinade to help keep them juicy. I had googled some things earlier today and came across a good mustard-vinegar marinade recipe that I modified a bit (right). I used rice vinegar because that's the closest we had in the RV, and I think the recipe could use some salt and pepper too.

I started to process images for a stock submission, then J asked me to help her prepare some external hard drives that she plans to eBay. She had been using the bare 1TB 3.5" drives from their original enclosures in her iStarUSA v7Age220-SAU 2-Bay Tray-less USB 2.0/ eSATA RAID Box. Now that she has switched to using 2TB drives, she's going to sell the 1TB drives and their original enclosures.

I started the grill, then started making some Pasta Roni Angel Hair Pasta With Herbs, and an easy Greek Salad. The salad was "easy" because I only put feta cheese and kalamata olives on it — no tomatoes or cucumbers. I grilled the pork chops, and J took care of a pasta boil-over when I was briefly outside. :) I grilled the pork chops based on a technique I found online earlier today:

• Preheat the grill as high as it will go
• Put the chops on the grill for 1 minute with the lid closed
• Turn the chops, then cook for 1 minute with the lid closed
• Turn the chops, turn down the heat to medium, and cook for 3 minutes with the lid closed
• Turn the chops and cook for 4 minutes with the lid closed

We had dinner around 5:50, and the pork chops were delicious — even if I do say so myself! They were moist and flavorful. The pasta and salad were good as always.

After dinner, I processed images for a stock submission. I continued working through images from our trip to South Africa in October 2007 and in particular our time at Simon's Town which is on the Cape peninsula between Cape Town and the Cape of Good Hope. The big draw at Simon's Town is the large colony of African penguins at Boulders Beach. The penguins are quite approachable and are fun to photograph (below left). An Egyptian goose was a cooperative subject there too (below right).