Archive for July, 2009

News Nonsense

27, Jul 2009

1) I read that the Lobster industry suffering from low prices do to the Economic Downturn. Why not turn that phrase around? “Citizens hard hit by the Economic Downturn rejoice in cheap Lobster!”
2) Okay – It’s tragic that ANYONE gets killed in a hit-and-run. But why do I have to [...]

Days Off

26, Jul 2009

I had a long weekend this past – three days and no reason to come into the office. So mostly I slept, went to the gym, slept, ate, watched movies, and slept.
Welcome to Kuwait. Too hot. Too dusty. No activities.
I DID however make it out to the new Mall. [...]

Tarnished Dubai

20, Jul 2009

Someone sent me a link to a recent article in the London Times about Dubai.
This is the reality out here. For Kuwait – remove the alcohol, most of the prostitutes and the garish architecture. For Abu Dhabi – tone down the excess by more than half and skip the huge debt. [...]

Added to iPod

17, Jul 2009

While at home, I picked up a few things. First – my issues of Songlines magazine. Two were waiting for me, which meant two discs of new, world music. There were even two of the Duplex Planet’s spoken words CDs for me to upload, including the new “Cherry Picking Apple Blossom Time” [...]

stuff

11, Jul 2009

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

So every news channel – including Fox – broadcast the memorial service. Why?
I haven’t cared about Michael Jackson for two decades. His last decent album was Bad – and I didn’t like more than a couple of singles off that. Michael Jackson spent some of the past two decades experimenting with video [...]

Gone again

6, Jul 2009

Like all vacations – fun and too short.
It’s back to work. Back to the desert.
damn


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