July 28, 2004
Jib Jab
With the Democratic Convention in full swing and a long summer and fall of politics ahead of us, it's nice to see a little humor in the process:
Jib Jab
(You'll definitely want to have Flash installed and the sound on for this.)
July 26, 2004
News from Kuwait
There are two local English language daily newspapers in Kuwait, the Kuwait Times and the Arab Times. There's also an English language insert to the International Herald Tribune, called The Daily Star, and it's a collection of stories translated from some of the Arabic language press.
Reading some of the stories, you really get a sense for what's going on here.
That's about $700,000 worth of Johnny Walker Red Label, in case anyone is counting.
And in another sign that the country is going to hell in a handbasket:
July 07, 2004
Wheels
It's 117 degrees in Kuwait today. Do you know what that feels like? Go turn your oven on and stick your head in it. Oh, and get a heat lamp and shine it on your face while you're doing that.
We got our car today. Ran around all morning to various agencies getting it registered, inspected, etc., then back to work. Nice to have wheels here. Kuwait City is a lot like LA, I think, you must have a car. Or, as they might say here, you must to have a car.
July 04, 2004
New view
We moved some things around in our apartment, swapped the second bedroom and the office. Our desk view is a little better:
