Monthly Archives: February 2006
Athens, I Like The Cut Of Your Jib [Part 1 of 2]
Very early last Thursday–or very late Wednesday, by convention–we once again found ourselves heading towards the airport with Mohammed at the wheel. Our flight to Athens left at 3:55 am. Our friends in the band Oneida were flying to Greece … Continue reading
The Weather
I’ve been too busy catching up with work to complete my full Greece disclosure, but in the meantime I just have to say good golly this is some fine weather we’re having here in Beirut!. It’s great that our visitor … Continue reading
Non Sequitur
Last week, Amy and I went into the video store and the owner said, “Hey, it’s the Campbells!” Our potential landlord in Austin emailed my boss for a reference regarding Ethan Campbell. As you probably know, we did not change … Continue reading
Uh…What?
There was a lot going down here in Beirut this morning that maybe I’ll write something about later, but I really want to say a few words about the “uproar” surrounding the Cheney hunting accident. What is the matter with … Continue reading
When 21 Is Not Enough
This morning I went to the U.S. Embassy to get more pages put into my passport. We’re going to Greece this weekend and our trip to Aleppo took up my last remaining parcels of passport real estate. We may have … Continue reading
If You Gave 1 Million Monkeys, 1 Million Typewriters…
A little while ago, Amy said to me out of the blue: “We may need to bring my brother’s hair to Greece.” There, verily, is a sequence of words that I never expected to pass Amy’s (or anyone else’s) lips. … Continue reading
*****band
Internet was particularly…shall we say, ponderous tonight, so I did a bandwidth test. Sweet. If you’re not currently in our neck of the woods, test for your own connection and have a laugh on me.
Banners and Standards
I created and uploaded a few banner images and so I thought I’d post my image-rotator code. /* * rotating_banner.php * echoes an img tag populated w/ a random image from an array */ $arr_banner_images=array( ‘banner.jpg’, ‘banner2.jpg’, ‘banner3.jpg’, ‘banner4.jpg’, ‘banner5.jpg’, … Continue reading
Other Weird Weather Patterns
When we returned from spending the holidays in the States, we were slightly dismayed to find that our apartment was freezing and we had neglected to get a gas bottle for our portable heater (or a #25 wrench so that … Continue reading