That’s 113 to you Farenheit folks. Quite a jump from the cool, pleasant weather at the beginning of the month. It only gets worse now… And I need a haircut, but I ain’t gettin’ one. So there. My rationale is that I will be home in four weeks, so Kelly can work her magic. Then [...]
We in Kuwait have just had elections for our National Assembly – the second in a year because… well, politics suck. Especially in a wealthy, third world country that has taken all the bad/none of the good parts of an American Democracy (that goes for American TV and American food as well). But lo and [...]
So I got my copy of the movie What Did You Do In The War, Daddy?, which was good though time has dulled some of the jokes a ten year old found so funny. But I was thinking about one of the actors in the movie – comedian Dick Shawn, who has been in some [...]
It’s a little before noon in Frankfurt. I only have a four hour layover this time and I should be back in Kuwait around eleven tonight. I hope my deodorant holds out… This is an odd airport. Very cold – everything (and I mean everything) is made of brushed aluminum. Stores are sparse and security [...]
My lovely wife was able to send me a box of goodies to the hotel! It contained three boxes of Girl Scout Cookies (can’t get them in Kuwait), two cool books of short stories, some papers to sign and my CD from the Czech Republic. Yes – I said from the Czech Republic. It is [...]
Well it ain’t home, but we’re back in the States! Twenty-six hours after take-off, with eight hours hanging in Frankfurt. And just like every other time I come to one of these conferences – the rain came. One minute we’re about to descend and the weather is fine. Two minutes later, it’s raining so hard [...]
Another hot, grey, windy day here in the Big Dusty. Swine flu is for wimps. Lord only knows what I’m breathing out here – and He can keep that info to Himself. As I sit in traffic, I notice that the new sport in this country is ‘keying’ brand new cars. Every one with a [...]
I have to watch this movie every couple of years. It doesn’t get quirkier than Montenegro. A Swedish film from 1981 that’s entirely in English. It takes place in Stockholm, has a Yugoslavian gypsy niteclub, a swedish man with an American wife who is going somewhat crazy and a zookeeper named Montenegro. The film also [...]
I have added a new link on the side there – Newstalgia. My friend – the esteemed Assemblyman Stevens of Vermont – hipped me to this site today. It can be found on the “blue state” website Crooks & Liars. A man named Gordon Skene has done us the great service of reminding us of [...]
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