Is This Another Case of Incompetence in the Intelligence Community?

David Kelly, the man who many suspect of having broken the story to the BBC about the forged documents from Niger, had turned up dead. Now, really, this is complete incompentence! He testified before the House of Commons on Tuesday, for God's sake. They killed him two days late! When are they ever gonna learn?

Now That's What I Call Good News!

A study conducted by an Australian doctor, Graham Giles, demonstrates that if men masturbate and have at least 5 ejaculations per week, they run a significantly smaller risk of prostate cancer. It says that men who masturbate 5 times a week between the ages of 20 and 50 have one third the chance of developing the illness. Alas, I'm already over 50! Maybe I can make up for all those years at once. See ya later!

Claudette

Well, she came and she went. Really, not much to her, at least in Austin. She came in with a bang in Victoria though. Barely got any rain here, yet anyway.

Now Anyone Can Be a Star with an Internet Connection!

Sunday night I wrote an email to the editor of the Asia Times about what might have happened to Saddam's WMD. Well, lo and behold, it got published! Yes, from me of all people! Wow, I'm turning up all over the place! Now, if I could just get that Op Ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal...

Is It A Headache?

I'm having one of those pains in the neck and the head that could easily go away and turn into nothing. Or, it could just as easily turn into a full blown (and I mean blown) down on the bed headache. Hmmm...what's it gonna be?

Wisdom of the Buddha, well actually one of his followers

No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
-Dogen

Houston

Just got in from a quick weekend trip to Houston. It's a big city, and I like that. Most people speak badly about Houston, but at least you get to really drive there! You have to speed up when you get to the city limits, that's a good thing. Ate at one of my new favorite places, Fadi's. It's Middle Eastern food. I think the place is Lebanese, but whatever it is it's great!

It's So Hard to Understand Anymore

The Cypriot government has approved "mixed" marriages. Does that mean you can now marry between races? Does it mean men can marry men, maybe? No, it means that Greek Cypriots can marry Turkish Cypriots. Huh? What? I don't get it, they call that mixed? Oh my!

User Error

At my office we often work on very big Word files making very trivial (in my mind) changes. Anyway, we've had this terrible problem with Word losing our files and not saving our changes. That problem vanished this past week. One of us was on vacation last week. That same person is the one that always discovers the problem with Word losing files. Hmmm...do ya think there's a connection? Duh.

WMD - Error 404

Look closely! You might find something funny.

Disconnect

This morning I had the hardest time waking up, and I may not be completely awake now. I sorta feel disconnected, like I'm not really where I am. Half asleep, half dreaming. Yes, it's weird.

Ayman Al-Zawahiri

Iran has announced the capture of the number 2 man in Al-Qaeda. This guy is really the brains and force behind Bin Laden. So, why isn't this showing up on American media? They must not believe it! It looks like Iran is trying to get out from under American pressure by claiming to have one of the most wanted fugitives and using him as a bargaining chip. Funny they didn't arrest him until they started having street demonstrations against the government. Hmm...

Puh-leez

Man, what they expect from you when you get back from vacation! They really expect me to work. C'mon, we all know better than that!

We're Back

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday without any connection to the Internet. Actually, it wasn't bad. It turns out that Del Rio and Ciudad Acu�a are very, very much nicer than any other border town I've ever been to. They advertise that they are the "Best of the Border," and I'll give it to them...they really are! Well, tomorrow it's back to work, damn it!

Run for the Border

We're leaving this afternoon for the Border. That's an area about 100 miles wide (50 miles on each side of the border) that's a third country, it's not the US and it's not Mexico. It's La Frontera. Got to be one of the strangest places on earth. It's so strange I can't describe it. Anyway, this quote by Man-an a Zen master from the 16th century sorta sums it up: "You should know that there is that which is beyond even the beyond."

God Help Me

I am scheduled to be in meetings for all day today and all day tomorrow. They will be on a subject that I detest, and I am dreading every moment of it. The good thing is that I will be leaving on vacation tomorrow after work. God help me 'til then!

But What Will They FEEL Like?

Madame Toussaud's wax museum in London will have a wax Britney Spears with moving breasts. Evidently, they are going to make them out of balloons so they'll have some movement to them. Why would we care?

Bastards!

Hans Blix has called certain members of the Bush administration bastards! Now, we're gettin' good. Let's hear what they really think!

Was It His Struggle or His Head?

The famous book by Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, has recently come under scrutiny. Suspicion is that it really means My Head, and that he was complaining about a chronic headache.

Austin #1 and #2

In results released this past weekend Fortune magazine named Austin as the #1 city for single people. This was based on entertainment, cost of living, etc. Austin came in just ahead of Denver/Boulder. On the same weekend Austin was also named #2 for problems with allergies, just behind Chappel Hill, NC. It's a good place to meet someone special if you can get them to stop sneezing long enough to introduce yourself.