The Republicans and Tea Partiers are becoming famous for creating fear and suspicion of everything that the government does. (Or at least e...

This video is dedicated to my best buddy, Warren, who always remembers me when he packs his suitcase before returning to the Jungle from Aus...

The other day, I wrote a dialectic in determining whether the new healthcare reform insurance requirement was constitutional or not and con...

Nothing much was going on today... other than rain. Epril was in CDO again with her father, getting his new watch resized and dropping off t...

We're getting a nice soaking rain here in Jasaan right now. Right fluid, wrong place: Mother Nature needs to blow these rain clouds ab...

There are apparently 2 sets of criminal charges floating around the internet regarding Mike Turner. One is mentioned in the newspapers, whic...

I had a good but short day of work today, calling it quits in the early afternoon. After that, I took Tyson for a walk. Then Epril and I we...

I was just at Dimple's end-of-the-school-year award ceremony. Dimple got a "top 10" award for her class, and took fouth place...

Yet another slow day of work. Today, I was again distracted with the chicken farm: Reading about pest control methods, and ways to bulk up a...

It is election time now. The signs are up and the campaign staffers are everywhere in their matching shirts. It seems that the candidates ...

I had originally tossed about in my mind the concept that, as part of the newly-passed healthcare bill, the requirement that (almost) all Am...

I've had everybody ask me about this, and I noticed that a lot of people were visiting my blog today probably hoping I would mention it....

I went into CDO today dressed better than usual, with trousers and even socks! Attorney Joe and I went to visit two bank managers he knows ...

Which of these Filipina ladies isn't Miss Universe 1999? Well, if you can't figure it out, I sure ain't telling.

Michael Steele: The nominal head of the Republican Party, and it's official punching bag... and deservedly so. The man has had his foo...

Was taking a wander through The Straight Dope and came across the origin of the word boogie (in its terpsichorean meaning). Working backwar...

We had our first day with the flyers posted at Twin Hearts advertising our pizza, and we sold about 12 when all was said and done; but it wa...

Grandma Nesing, her husband and her best friend. Today, I went to Grandma Nesing's birthday party at Faustina Pool Resort, which is also...

This was not what I would call a good week. Although I finished up pretty much where I started, or even a little bit ahead, the journey was...

Work was modestly better today... up from deplorable to merely deficient. My landlord's brother-in-law came by today and tore down the r...

Another bad day of work. Our landlord Maggie came over today, and we sat up on the rooftop chatting. The house uses this plastic 300-liter...

I overslept a bit today: bad sleep last night. I don't know why, but I just kept waking up over and over again. Dave from Kimaya stoppe...

My former Congressman Eric Massa went on Glen Beck's show today and made an ass out of himself, promoting a woe-is-me tale of political...

I found this list of 27 years of US/Canada dog attacks by breed online. I'm consolidating and trimming it here (removing rare breeds, c...

Back to work. Nietsche said humor is just schadenfreude with a clear conscience. Watching my old account spin further and further out of co...

Today (Sunday) we had a get-together with friends at Twin Hearts Pool Resort here in Jasaan. Mike Farrell was there with his kids, Drew and ...

Why is it that people in positions of power can't remain professional? Why do official, work-time discussions with these people have to...

I didn't do much today. Surprisingly, I wasn't hung over from the night prior. Usually, mixing drinks is what it takes to get me i...

Just to drum up a bit of interest: There will be a huge, monstrous, incredibly fun and incredibly important gathering of expatriates tomorr...

This evening, Epril and I rode into town (with J'Neth and Genelyn, who had come out to visit) for a night on the town. First stop was Wa...

BAD IDEA I got an e-mail from my boss at work the other day: "I'm taking you off of the ________ Hospital account. I get more com...

According to Gold Star Daily Newspaper today, the current 6-shift, 5-hour-every-other-day blackouts that are currently working their way thr...

Today was a great day for new business ventures. First off, Warren came over and we went up to tour farm land where we will be building a ch...

I have to say, I thought it would be hard to supersede Richard Shelby's (R-AL) assholery which I highlighted last month , as he put a ho...

They say that the 3 most important things for success in business are: Location, location, and location. I think I know something more ben...

It was out tonight to Ted Trenholme's birthday party at Chali Beach Resort. There were about 150 people there. Here are some photos: T...

Apparently, the lake that supplies the water that creates the flow that spins the generators that makes the electricity is running dangerous...

Had a fair day of work today. I think that the end of my employment at my company is finally in sight. In both pushing and pulling fashion,...

My old high school friend Dan is up to his old-but-fantastic tricks. Oh... the iconic original version is here , in case you have never seen...

I had a workday very similar to the workday I had yesterday, but a better and more satisfactory version: I got to work, sat down, worked ha...

I had a slightly below-average day of work today... but just barely. On the upside though, I got the work that I did do done all at once, q...

Republican leadership two weeks ago: "If the President intends to present any kind of legislative proposal at this discussion, will he ...

I've been spending my mornings in bed, browsing the internet on the laptop instead of going up to my office and doing it there. I don...

Even if I could find a reason to call myself a Republican these days, I wouldn't, because it would mean equating myself with such an inc...

Eventually I'll run out of places to walk. Goodness... I'm becoming a bit like Stan , aren't I? But putting up all of these pi...