It’s nothing but work and war for me these days. I can’t decide what’s more exhausting, system administration chore work or researching the motivations behind the coming very soon like it or not war on Iraq. So I got interested in the whole Oil motivation angle.
Reviving Iraq’s Oil Empire Top U.S. Goal
Iraq Oil at […]

Thomas Friedman offers his thoughts on an alternative proposal to broker the exile of Saddam, which asks the real question, why aren’t we seeing proposals like this or anything similar to it if the Bush administration is serious about sane alternatives to war?
“This proposal has several virtues: By engineering Saddam’s exile we make the moral, […]

Those damn internet worms.
“In the US, the worm disrupted the Bank of America’s computer systems rendering most of its 13,000 ATM cash point machines unusable.”
So I was trying to get some cash on Saturday, waiting behind a lady that was unsuccessfully interfacing with one of those new fangled annoying advertisement laden Bank of America techno-tellers. […]

Thanks to Pat C. for this one…
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

Good God, am I reading the onion here or the news? What were these clowns thinking?
“Workers preparing for the event industriously taped over every Made in China with a white sticker or packing tape - a literal cover-up that reporters discovered when they peeled off the tape. ”
“The President spoke in front of a printed […]

Robert Pelton, author of “The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Disasters, Kidnappings, Animal Attacks, and Other Nasty Perils of Modern Travel”, was kidnapped with two other Americans in the Darien Gap region of Panama.
I think this was a place he had advised himself not to go. Well, I often break my own rules for a […]

I forgot to mention that I have some photos up in the Righteous Room, along with Kelly Hart, and some real photographer guy named Louie. Mine are the ones with white mats. They are about two-thirds from travels I took about a year and a half ago (Spain, Morocco, and Vietnam among them), and the […]

Professional plant service and maintenance will be discontinued at all facilities.
Services related to the watering, maintenance, and leasing of live plants will no longer be provided. In most cases, we own these plants and they will remain in the buildings as long as they are presentable. We would hope that those who have plants in […]

It’s good to know, that when I move to NYC at some uncertain time in the next 5 months, I will be welcomed with sundry options for burgering (ny times membership required).
“Especially in these uncertain times,” Mr. Meyer said, “a juicy, two-fisted hamburger provides comfort and certainty.”
Well said Mr. Meyer, well said. In fact, I […]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. This is what I want for my birthday, and today is my birthday.

Let the bidding begin.