Chapter 20 “Remind me again why you insisted I accompany you for two hours away from my cultivars, cancel a lunch date with my friends – and on short notice and when you had just returned from your tour? Have you ever thought about resting for twenty-four hours?” Chiaki’s impatient voice...
"Nothing endures but change." - Heraclitus of Ephesus Time passes so quickly, doesn't it? In the blink of an eye a month will just fly by... It seems like only yesterday it was a new year and we were ringing in 2008 and now it's already the middle of February. Wow. Things are really moving in the...
Cobwebs!!!! *shaking them off* I miss writing. I miss romanticizing the mundane, exercising my brain, and surprising myself with my own wisdom. (Not to say I'm wise.) Things haven't been at their usual pace lately, especially that Russel is in the US and he left his to-do list with me. It's all...
"1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" by ejones A Trip to the Moon (1902) The Great Train Robbery (1903) The Birth of a Nation (1915) Les Vampires (1915) Intolerance (1916) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) Broken Blossoms (1919) Way Down East (1920) Within Our Gates (1920) The Phantom Carriage...
Today I was at Mingala Zei, a big 5-story building crammed wall to wall with merchandise, and as I was winding my way through its narrow crammed aisles, an announcement came over the loudspeaker (in Burmese) that anyone who wished to donate items to cyclone victims could leave them downstairs. This...
John's hopes of finding priceless gold medallions from a sunken pirate ship quickly faded when he pulled two beer bottle caps out of the water. He pursed his lips together tightly and started to throw them back into the sea when he heard a high pitched scream. He looked toward the beach and saw a...
I wrote the following story today just so I could practice writing. I want to warn you from the start that I may or may not finish it so, if you decide to read it you may be forced to come up with your own ending. John was a short man, only 5 foot 6 inches tall, but he weighed almost three hundred...
I figured I'd post the paper I wrote on studying abroad for the online/overseas class I took from UVA this semester (taught through 2 of our UVA professors). This is my "Postcards Paper"... basically, we could write on anything we wanted as kind of a personal reflection of our time here. Enjoy!...
PAUL BROOK - COVENTRY DRUMMER, PROGRAMMER / SEQUENCER COMPOSER / PRODUCER / GREAT GUY - 1955 - 2007 RIP Sad news came via a message from Pete Willow this morning about Coventry Drummer / musician Paul Brooke but I had already discovered the news on drummer Ted Duggan's site. Ted (a great drummer in...
This is important information for females of ALL ages . When this was sent to me, I was told to forward it to my lady friends, but I forwarded it to most everyone in my address book. My men friends have female friends and this information is too important to miss someone. Please pass it along . A...
SIL Theresa and I made a reconnaisance trip to Little Rock in preparation for the upcoming 56th Convention of the Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs. We flew Thursday morning on Continental from Bush airport (left from Terminal B), arriving around 11:30 in Little Rock. Hotel shuttle showed up...
Tomorrow Laurie and I will be celebrating the first day in three months that we have no guests. It has been a busy season with nearly 100% bookings. I also have no ships until Thursday so we will be relaxing. Our last vacation was a disappointment. I decided to celebrate our tenth wedding...
I think I should start writing my blog again. Well, not like I have any reader. I was extremely busy for the past two weeks (but not well-paid). Now I am 'unemployed' again, sitting at home, watching You Tube, doing nothing. This boredom is making me depressed. I think it is healthier for me if I go...
Okay, I know it's boring but.... It's quiz results again! "You like shopping but only tend to get what you need. You like to hang at book stores because its always soo peacefull in there, its a place where you get to think. not to mention u like too read to. you always keep trak of what you spend...
Yesterday was the trip to Versailles. We took the train out of Paris and arrived at the palace. We joined the enormous queue to enter the building. It was not very well organized; thousands of people shuffling through one small door, single file. We waited in the cold wind for our turn, sure that...
Now for the most part I can't agree that a lot of these were "terrible" movies, but I'm too tired to make decent commentary... >__>; Sequels, or “Again with this movie?” (*) The Matrix Reloaded (*) The Matrix Revolutions (*) Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace (*) Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones...
I went to the Burj Al Arab, Dubai's iconic first 7 star super-luxurious-and-exclusive hotel , today!!!! A flickr-photographer friend treated me to a buffet brunch :D it. was. uhmayzing! ********************************* Well, what can I say, how do I start? Malek, a flickr friend of mine has been...
We landed safely in Frankfurt, Germany after a long flight. Amy and I ended up getting separated on the flight because a girl booked seats for herself and her baby 3 rows apart and decided on the plane to sit together. Of Course I wasn't going to put up a fight and separate a baby and her mother, so...
Ripped from my Friend Wendra's Facebook page, this couldn't be any truer. Personal Info Activities: THE ARCHETYPAL FACEBOOK PAGE. ( If you know me, you won't be offended. If you're offended, then you're just giving confidence to terrorists. ) Interests: [Something substantial] (Read: "I'm not...
I shot these pictures last weekend but am now getting a chance to get them on the blog. First are some pictures of the area around the apartment and then, I include some pictures from a nearby townhouse development so you can see what a $860,000 piece of property in the valley looks like. OK, now...
