Archive | November, 2005
Near perfect dog free to a very good home

Near perfect dog free to a very good home

As implied by the postings on this blog to date we are moving to Kuwait where she won’t get the cool weather and exercise that she deserves. Cleo is a Border Collie Lab cross. We would like to give her away to a good family as it would be better for her in the temperate [...]

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And a Movie

And a Movie

Then the movie, cost 2.5 KD ($10 CAD) and got oversalted (with that fake flavor salt) popcorn to eat with a Pepsi. The movie, Flightplan was quite good. A few unbelievable stretches of reality but the overall plot had some good twists. Here’s an overview on IMDB, but if you read the reviews they’ll spoil [...]

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Dinner

Dinner

Tried a new restaurant, Lebanese on the water at the Al-Kout mall. Boy you pay a lot for the decor. But the food was nothing special. My mouth is watering. Above we have, in clockwise order: a plate of kababs, hommos, a kabob sandwich, fresh pita bread and tabouleh. Photo from the Kabab-ji site.Kabob-ji is [...]

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Foggy Weather

Well, when I got up I saw it was foggy. And then when I went out the condensation on the front polished marble steps neary sent me for a very rough tumble. But I recovered. Then after the dentist it was still foggy as I made it into the office by about 9:00 a.m. The [...]

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Car cleaning and Social Levels

car cleaning social levels

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Burial of the dead in Kuwait

In the newspaper Friday Times of Kuwait (near the page on driving in Kuwait) was the following article on burying the dead in Kuwait. I’ve almost literally plagiarized it.

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Driving in Kuwait

Driving in Kuwait

Click here for a full size image. This has got to hurt. How fast were they going? A typical scene, though usually you see rollovers. Every weekend in the morning you can see the results. Usually in the 30 km drive into the city there are a couple along the way. And they don’t actually [...]

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Culture in Afghanistan

Culture in Afghanistan

The Guardian says, “It’s tempting to see her as a grown-up Pippi Longstocking with a satellite phone”. Certainly she and her books have received lots of attention. It helps that she is smart, well spoken, tall, blonde Norwegian with excellent English — one of five languages she speaks. I saw a BBC Hardtalk interview with [...]

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Going to Offer Condolences

Condolences and Culture in Islam

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Desert Storm – Updated

Desert Storm – Updated

Wow! I heard some rain when I woke up this morning. It was overcast and light rain. So I left a bit early for the office. Good thing. Here’s a photo of the impacts on Kuwait City from Arab Times Kuwait. Driving in to the office it was very dark to the east. Then I [...]

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