Today and tomorrow are national holidays for most of Kuwait (I say most because I am working and so is the guy who got me my coffee this morning…). Today is National Day which recognizes Kuwait’s independence from Great Britain and the start of a sovereign nation. Tomorrow is Liberation Day, which is [...]
So, where do you buy your cassettes?
Right. That’s what I thought. Frankly, I can’t think of one store that sells a new release on cassette and only one or two that sell used cassettes.
Well here in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia), all your [...]
Spent my first night in the apartment yesterday.
I want to thank the folks at the Mövenpick Hotel for taking care of me this past month. Now – I am a bachelor. Even drove in to work this morning and it took about 35 minutes WITH traffic. The apartment is [...]
I want to point out that I have added a link to my local paper – The Kuwait Times. It gives a pretty good rundown of what’s happening here (even at the local, police blotter level) and how they see what is happening in the US.
Remember – all US election news will be under [...]
Yesterday was a good day.
I was up early to drive. Someone at work had given me directions toward where my apartment will be and I needed to do a dry run first before “going live” on Monday. Friday is the first day of the weekend, so there are fewer cars on the road. [...]
Pink ones. These guys hang out behind my office.
Tomorrow I drive into the city proper for the first time. Keep me in your prayers…
Yes, we have Valentine’s Day out here in Kuwait. Every year it seems some hard-liners call for it to be banned as “immoral”. But I guess Hallmark is all-mighty.
Do you ever do this? You’re sitting in front of your computer – and you’re bored – so you play “Where are they now?” with the Google search engine. You start with your name (useless). Then you put in names of kids you knew in high school and try to decide whether they [...]
The connection is better now. Whew…
Vampire Weekend – Self-titled debut. Think early 80s Brit-New Wave. A little English Beat. A little China Crisis. But actually they are four college-age gents from Brooklyn. Light and fun. Just listen to “Walcott”.
Alice In Chains – A collection of my favorite songs from [...]
Being stuck between the office and the hotel as I am, you can imagine that my culinary exploits are pretty limited. But let me share them with you:
The hotel has three restaurants and I visit them on a rotating basis. One restaurant is buffet style and consists of lamb and rice dishes and [...]
WIN!
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And Plaxico Buress was right
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And the Patriots didn’t even score 17 points
!?!?!?!?!
Amazing. These guys barely made the playoffs and sometimes during the season they played… stinky. But I saw it with my own eyes. Woke up at 5:30 this morning and blearily started flipping channels to see if anyone was carrying the [...]
Ok – here are my best shots from two weeks in Dubai. I didn’t even have a camera until the second week. Kuwait will be dicey as far as tourist shots, but I’ll see what I can manage.
Go here –
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gorkyrises
or click the link that says “pictures”
Ok – first let me reiterate a truth I have mentioned here before: Politics Suck. There are two constants in politics – the candidate’s lust for power and money and the voters getting the shaft regularly. However, with Super-Duper-Pooper Tuesday almost upon us, I feel the need to offer these words of [...]
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