I’m trying to set a world record for blogging. Well not really but who knows. I’m now in Frankfurt, the last post was from Bahrain and if I post when I get to Calgary that is three continents in less than 24 hours. The flights were Kuwait to Bahrain then Bahrain to Frankfurt on Gulf [...]
Archive | December, 2005
bookofjoe: ‘Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939–43′
bookofjoe: ‘Bound for Glory: America in Color 1939–43′ Some nice old photographs.
Don’t insult the Scots
From Book of Joe, one of my regular reads. This blog post is done from Bahrain. Sing along, Blogging in Bahrain I’ve got Blogging on my brain
On Leave
Well, tonight I’m outta here. Back to Calgary to pack up house and family and all return to Kuwait together in January.
Dig to the other side of the world
Use this site to see where you end up! Though it seems to jam up for Calgary and seems to end up in Antartica. And it this wasn’t fun try this optical illusion. Check this out too, it shakes windows.
Daryl Hanna to expose human trafficing
Daryl Hannah the star of the movie Roxanne, which was filmed in Nelson in 1987, shows commitment for what she’s cares about! Interesting. The Scotland Daily Record seems to be the source of the information.
Roomboter
Well, at dinner a couple of nights ago in the company restaurant I noteiced that the little packets of butter are from Campina Buttergold B.V. from Tilburg, NL. I always thought it was funny here in the Middle East that the butter comes from so far away. Though I recall places like New Zealand not [...]
Vitamin W – Don’t go to the Middle East Without It
Vitamin W, the W being Wasta. What is it? It is, as the Kuwait Times says, having the right man in the right place. Connections. Basically the paper is saying that there are unqualified officials in their positions due to their connections not due to merit. Isam Bayazidi’s Blog says it well: To start with, [...]
Diving today
Updated for Friday. Nope. Too windy today. Yesterday fog today the wind. Oh well, gives me more time to work as I have too much work to finish before I leave for Canada in five days. Thursday: Nope. It was very foggy in the morning, meaning you couldn’t see more than 20 meters at times, [...]
The Proof is In, Mona Lisa was happy
They used a computer to analyze the face comparing it to a database of young women’t facial expressions and the verdict is: It concluded that the subject was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, journal New Scientist was told. They go on to say that this type of software could lead to [...]
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