November 27, 2003
Happy Haggis Thanksgiving
Actually, there won't be any haggis on the menu, despite the fact that we are in Edinburgh, Scotland. The turkey is in the oven, and we've also whipped up some Carrot Soup, Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, cranberry sauce, mushroom apple stuffing, gravy, banana nut bread and pumpkin pie.
The pumpkin pie was the real clincher, and our friend Katrina went into just about every store in all of Edinburgh, and she managed to find the last available jar of pumpkin puree in all of Scotland. We'll also be having mulled wine with the meal.
Again, there will be plenty of pictures on our return.
November 24, 2003
You can't call it Scotch...
In Scotland, you shouldn't call whiskey "Scotch", because that's obviously what it would be. I think.
So Denise and I are currently on vacation here in Edinburgh. It's cold. We almost saw the Queen today, missed her by an hour or so. Too busy heading off to hear some good fiddling and down a few drams of the "water of the gods" to pause for royalty.
We'll have pictures, etc., upon our return. Stay tuned.
Oh, and we saw the White Stripes the night before we left New York. They rocked, of course.
November 12, 2003
Something interesting
To read at some point:
http://66.34.243.131/iran/html/article942.html
Cut off...
Our cable service, which is also our cable modem Internet service, stopped working yesterday. A pox on TimeWarner, though it could have been just about anything. RCN also provides cable TV and Internet service in our area, I wonder if they kicked out our plug?
November 07, 2003
If a woman were President...
I wonder if a woman President would have a picture of herself surrounded by women signing a bill that only affects the health of men. Now that would be funny. In this case, it's not really funny at all.
President Bush Signs Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
November 06, 2003
Bringing back the draft?
Looks like the Dept. of Defense is making preparations to re-constitute the Draft Boards, in the first public call to do so since the draft was abolished in 1973. Definitely not something the President could politically push for while still up for re-election, but if Iraq drags on (and don't forget Syria, Iran, etc.) and Bush is re-elected, could we see the draft re-instituted?
(Update 11/12/03 - Looks like the DoD got so much unwanted press from that Draft Board announcement that they removed that page. But I wasn't making it up. You can read more about it here, here, or here.)
Why fi?
Got a wifi 802.11b wireless lan cradle for my Palm, making this blog entry using the Palm. Woo-hoo, exciting stuff.
November 05, 2003
WTF?
My brother sent me this link to a Flash animation with sound, something about the end of the world. It might amuse you.
Also, in case you haven't seen the new Matrix movie yet, it's online here. Oh, sorry, that one is actually The Meatrix, but it's a good time.
