Archive for April, 2008

Me and My Camel

30, Apr 2008

I think I’ll call him Fred. He looks like a Fred, doesn’t he?

When I woke up this morning, it looked as if a large fog bank had rolled in off the Gulf. But by the time I got down to my car and saw the fine blanket of dirt covering it, I knew it was just what we like to call “dusty”. Many days so [...]

More Cassettes

23, Apr 2008

Now I’ve think I’ve emptied the whole country of every decent cassette of non-Arabic music.
Black Crowes – “Amorica”
Pearl Jam – “Vitalogy”
Simon & Garfunkel – “Essential”
Cat Stevens – “Very Best of” Good collection.
Dixie Chicks – “Take The Long Way Home”
Genesis – “Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”
Kronos Quartet – “Released: 1985-1995″ The ONLY [...]

Lapsed Catholic 2.0

21, Apr 2008

Speaking of his Popeness and his recent American tour–
Last Friday, I did indeed find one of three Catholic Churches in the vicinity and I attended mass.
And it was just as dull and uninspiring as any other Catholic Church. Only this one was crowded! Packed to the walls. There were speakers outside so [...]

Friday afternoon

18, Apr 2008

So, I’m driving down the Gulf Street – off to find the local Catholic church (which I did). Traffic was pretty light. Suddenly, these two cars start playing cat-and-mouse with each other. One moves behind the other. Then that one switches lanes. The other double switches lanes. One moves [...]

Distance

15, Apr 2008

When you are living across an ocean and thousands of miles from your home, this is not an email you want to wake up to:
“I just came home from 7 hours in the Monmouth Medical Center ER. And had a cat scan of my brain.”
This was from my wife, Kerry. It is 8:30 in [...]

More Pictures

12, Apr 2008

Set 1 and 2 of Kuwait photos are now complete – including a segment of “Photography While Driving”.
Check it out.

Travelin’

11, Apr 2008

Been traveling this week. Stopped by to see our three offices in three days, doing training on the new software. Not really a pleasure trip – arrived at night, spent the day in the office and flew out. There is nothing like checking out of a hotel at 8AM and going into [...]

Added to iPod

8, Apr 2008

I AM PAINFULLY CLOSE TO 10,000 SONGS!
painfully, I tell you….
Nine Inch Nails – “Ghosts I-IV” Thanks, T. This is perfect. Not only that, but Adrian Belew is all over it.
Rod Stewart – “Every Picture Tells A Story” The only Rod album I like.
Barenaked Ladies – Just the five songs I like, [...]

Outside

5, Apr 2008

I found a community theatre.
The Kuwait Little Theatre is a local, amateur theatre that has open auditions and seems pretty active. It is located south of here is the town of Ahmadi. I don’t know where that is, how to get there or how long it would take. So my mission Friday [...]

Texas

3, Apr 2008

Let’s talk about summer music. I know it’s only April, but here in Kuwait it is about 80-85 in the afternoon and the dragon flies are out in the evening. So – summer.
Mother’s Heaven by Texas came out in 1991 and was all over most alterna-stations (amidst Pearl Jam and Nirvana) for [...]


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