Those of you who know me know that
I am the last to think ill of anyone. (Or to paraphrase Douglas Adams: If I am
not the Very Last, I did so as recently as this morning…)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Travelogue: London - And In Health
Okay, the rant yesterday was
because one of my coworkers had to be coaxed into staying home when they were
sick and not passing it to the rest of us. I was suffering a bit of a frog in
my throat, but that was only because I missed my allergy pill yesterday morning
and, until found I still had some in my briefcase, I was suffering – but at
least I was suffering in a purely non-contagious way.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Travelogue: London - Camden Town
One of the many places that
visitors to my home in Surrey wanted to visit when I was living here was Camden
Town. I had heard of Camden Town and the Camden Town Locks, I had even visited
them back in 2004 during my first visit here as a part of the tour of places
that I took based on Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently novels. But the markets never
impressed me.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Travelogue: London – Not Seeing London
Well, It was a lovely day… But
that was the morning. The clouds started to build around lunch time. Then the
rain came; a drizzly, drippy, cold and sloppy mess! On an afternoon like that, there
is nothing for it but to curl-up with a few friends and a roaring fire; a place
to be catered to among friends.
Travelogue: London - Seeing London
It's Saturday and my colleagues have all made their plans. In a limited way, they overlap with mine. The
weather gods have grinned on us and are allowing us the favor of an absolutely beautiful day. The sun is out; the skies are a nearly cloudless blue. It is a great day to get out there and see some of the sights.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Travelogue: London - Turkish Food
With the classes over, and my
entire team collocated for the first time since the team was established, we
decided to celebrate and go out to dinner at a Turkish restaurant. (Another
ethnicity with which I was previously unfamiliar...)
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Travelogue: London - Right As Rain
The forecast was, at least in that
one respect, accurate! They had been saying for a couple days that the snow
would be quitting some time around sunset to be replaced by rain shortly
thereafter. I do not know when, exactly, things switched over, but by the time
I left the office it was, indeed, raining.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Travelogue: London - Snow
I do not remember it EVER being
this bad for this long here! Granted, I only lived here for a few short years,
but still! It has been cold, wet, and miserable here for the past four days! I
do not believe that I have seen the sun since shortly before landing at
Heathrow back on Sunday morning. Add to that the very short days this time of
year and it makes it a lot easier to understand Seasonal Affective Disorder!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Travelogue: London - Dining
The neighborhood we are staying in
(on the border of Kilburn and Maida Vale) has changed a bit since last I was
here. I had to look this up, but it has actually been about a year! The nice
little gastro-pub in the next block is now a night club of some sort; at least,
I assume that it is a night club. I have never actually seen it in use, but
then I do not go out late in the evenings as much as once I did.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Travelogue: London - Snowfall
I've seen worse, but the city is
practically at a stand-still! But, then, this is London and THIS is how they
react to weather. It took us nearly two hours to get to the hotel from the
airport yesterday morning. The trains and busses were running disrupted
schedules, and the car service had to deal with the snarls of traffic that were
the impact of 1/2" of snow that fell throughout the morning hours.
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| London Snow Bunnies |
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Travelogue: London - Sleep
Well, it seemed like a good idea
at the time. Of course, after years of making this trip, you've have thought
that I might know better. I should have taken the experience of years as fact
and just given-in to the fact that I cannot sleep on planes.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Travelogue: London - Time Dilation
I understand the artificial sense of time dilation that
flying give me... and it's not just the flying through the time zones that I am
talking about... it's the comparison to other forms
of travel that caught my attention. Allow me to explain…
Double-Take Redeaux
Okay, I promised that I would not
do anything more about Gun Control Today’s rant is about illegal immigration.
Here’s a short one for you: What is so wrong about calling an illegal immigrant
an “illegal immigrant?”
Friday, January 18, 2013
Double Speak – Double Standard – Double Take
Okay, this is my last second
amendment column for a while (I PROMISE!!!) but I just heard a news report this
morning that I need to comment on. The cognitive dissonance it set-up in my
mind was interesting because the speaker seemed to be completely oblivious to
the logical false equivalence he was drawing. The double-standard it drew on
was so deliciously dissonant that I had to rewind it to make sure I had not
imagined it!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Mr. Smith Is Rolling In His Grave!
The big news this weekend was the attempt by the majority in the Senate to limit the use of the filibuster. All the stories referenced the movie Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and all of them talked about how the filibuster had been used hundreds of times recently to prevent the senate from doing practically anything.
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
(The kennel I use - Best Friends Pet Care in Wheatridge, Colorado - dresses-up Saga for me...)
(The kennel I use - Best Friends Pet Care in Wheatridge, Colorado - dresses-up Saga for me...)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Photo Book
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Monday, January 07, 2013
The USA Under The FSM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Friday, January 04, 2013
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Resolutions
Wahoo! I will have to do some
research, but I think this may be a personal best! It is nearly noon January
first and I have yet to break any of my New Year's resolutions! Yippee!
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