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The Pirate Party from Sweden has won a seat in the EU Parliamentary elections. Cool. I’m not quite as impressed with the No2EU party trying to get a seat there, though.

… where it is confirmed that scrawny arms can’t do much with the command to ‘paddle hard’ ahead of a wave.

• My sister looked hot and Dsun looked cool. I’ll upload our pics once we work out if my Dell will read our new storage card.
• Check out my uncle’s record of the occasion. New nickname: Uncle Sketchbook!
• My mum is so damn happy.
• Quote of the holiday: “It takes a Bahamian to out-Chinese the Chinese” (on being ripped off by taxi drivers). Credit (as usual, for wise sayings) to Uncle Sketchbook!
• I had fun learning how to surf — another thing crossed off my to-do list!
• Golden Golding Cay on Eleuthera is the most beautiful beach I’ve been to. Cocodimama was pretty cool, too. I’m totally into snorkeling now. Except for those sluggy condom-looking things that wriggle on the sand.
• Conch salad rocks so hard (a ceviche of conch flesh and finely chopped vegetables); conch fritters, not so much (although you’d never see me turn down a portion of ‘em).
• Sand flies are the spawn of the devil. I react differently to Scottish midge bites (they are the devil).
• I’m still of the opinion that even though we got married first, it’s my sister’s duty to produce sprogs first since she’s older.
• Don’t let Neil near a duty-free electrical retailer unless you want something new and expensive and oh-so-fun.