2007-04-29
The Thrill of Living
2007-04-29 11:38Still resting and recovering from another week at Hotel California. But it's a great weekend to just hang out and do nothing, so I'm doing lots of that, plus a little housecleaning. Oh, and finally getting back to the gym.
Tentatively planning a short visit to San Francisco next month, maybe around May 17-22.
Here's some bad news from Egypt -
http://www.sandmonkey.org/2007/04/28/done/
This really, really sucks. I am so pissed that the bastards won this one.
Meanwhile, Big Pharaoh says he's not leaving for good -
http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/03/02/im-not-leaving-for-good/
and I just hope that's true.
On the bright side, possibly as many as a million secularists rallied in Istanbul, Turkey -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_demonstration_7
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070429/ts_afp/turkeypoliticsvote_070429134050
(HT:
lightningbaron.)
And then again, from Pakistan, there's this -
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704271258apr28,1,2571962.story?page=1&coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true
(HT:
heyfoureyes.)
And I think that's about as much as I can handle for right now.
Tentatively planning a short visit to San Francisco next month, maybe around May 17-22.
Here's some bad news from Egypt -
http://www.sandmonkey.org/2007/04/28/done/
This really, really sucks. I am so pissed that the bastards won this one.
Meanwhile, Big Pharaoh says he's not leaving for good -
http://www.bigpharaoh.com/2007/03/02/im-not-leaving-for-good/
and I just hope that's true.
On the bright side, possibly as many as a million secularists rallied in Istanbul, Turkey -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070429/ap_on_re_mi_ea/turkey_demonstration_7
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070429/ts_afp/turkeypoliticsvote_070429134050
(HT:
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And then again, from Pakistan, there's this -
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704271258apr28,1,2571962.story?page=1&coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=3&cset=true
(HT:
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And I think that's about as much as I can handle for right now.