The first few days have a strangeness to them. First – my body is just not mine anymore. Not only has my tolerance for alcohol hit a new low – but I am tired. Nine o’clock every night and I’m heading for bed… or my seat on the couch in front of the TV. Muscles [...]
Kuwait to Bahrain to Amsterdam to Newark tonight. Be home around 1pm Wednesday, where I’m told the temps are 50 degrees lower than they are here. 50 degrees!!! Fresh air – here I come.
America should do nothing. Nothing. Offer moral support and encouragement and that’s it. What else is there? Start bombing? Flood the country with arms? March our guys from Iraq into Iran? Haven’t we screwed with that country enough? No one holds fond memories of the US backed Shah. Nor their war with Iraq when the [...]
Rejoice Boston music fans! Per a comment on this blog (thanks for the tip Steve!), I learned that a CD of Private Lightning dropped Today! A total of 21 tracks – half which never saw the light of day and including “Geneva”, which I think I only heard in concert. Amazon is sending one home [...]
Nestled in a valley in China between gorgeous mountains and a calm river with clean air and greenery everywhere, there are people who live to 100 years old or more. What is the secret to their longevity? BECAUSE THEY LIVE THERE!! They live in a VILLAGE where there is no STRESS or CRIME or commuting [...]
It happened on my block last weekend as well, but just for an hour. Last night it started around 8PM and tried twice to come back on – once for ten minutes and again for ten seconds. I finally got AC back a little after midnight. I was able to play music (thank God for [...]
Two weeks and I’ll be home. I know I was back in the States a month ago, but it wasn’t home. It’s for an incredibly short ten days – but at least I’ll be home. Home means something different to me than to other people out here. I know a lot of expats who don’t [...]
Me? Supposedly. The company car I drive just received a notice that I was going 20km over the speed limit. On a Saturday morning. Last October. Normally I would say – “Impossible! I was just trying to keep up with everyone else. I was speeding for my life. I was trying to get out of [...]
June June June June June Just like I always remembered them – gray, dusty, 120 degrees in the shade. This stuff is killing my eyes. I’ve never used so much eye drops in my life. It’s all AC now – all the time. From the apartment to the car to the office to the mall [...]
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