Monthly Archives: June 2005

Amy did a fine job of policing the area with regards to this event, so I’ll just include a few more pictures.

[ This post is dedicated to Jake, Dan, Addie, and all the others with whom I’ve spent some time and money at Belmont and the Aqueduct. ] We almost didn’t make it to the racetrack on Sunday. Our journey began … Continue reading →

Sometimes SlashDot reads more like Weekly World News: Space Ring Could Combat Global Warming U.S. Scientists Create Zombie Dogs

Our friend Michael H just turned us on to the fact that the satellite feature on maps.google.com is now world-wide. Unfortunately, they don’t have enough resolution of our area to actually see our apartment, but I’ve included a (very approximate) … Continue reading →

We went to the Fete de la Musique on Saturday night. I was hoping against hope to have my mind blown at least at little bit by one of the acts performing. While that didn’t happen, it was great to … Continue reading →

Amy generally does a much better job of the travelogery, but I thought I’d give my own account of the weekend. Friday I did a long work day. It is definitely an indication that I’m getting soft that 10 hours … Continue reading →

There was another car-bomb this morning. George el Hawi an anti-Syrian politician and former head of the Lebanese Communist Party. This is all the english-language news we have as of 10:47am: http://dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=16111 Our journalist friend Carrie is over right now … Continue reading →

Well, 5:30pm rolled around and I got the signal that my workday was over. Unlike Fred Flintstone, my signal was my VPN connection going down. The elections were closing today so Amy and I wanted to go downtown and see … Continue reading →

We went grocery shopping today and in the spirit of stepping up to the plate, I bought some pineapple Tang. Add ice and vodka and you have my prototype for the Tropical Astronaut. A little bit further along in my … Continue reading →