I purchased The Bookseller of Kabul, by Åsne Seierstad, on the chance that I might find out a little about the people in Afghanistan who were freed from the Taliban.
After two nights in the Holiday Inn in Lafayette, LA, I checked out. While the conditions weren’t as bad as the Wingate in Houston, I knew of other hotels where things were better. I’ve mentioned before that Holiday Inns, especially the original brand, are inconsistent in service and quality.
Upon arriving in Lafayette Saturday, I looked up one of my old friends, who invited me to a family gathering. His daughter, a freshman in high school, had taken third this weekend in a debate tournament at the state level. She complained that it was a terrible topic, State Security and Civil Liberties. I agreed [...]
I got a new cell phone, a Motorola V220 that has a built-in camera. Hopefully pictures will get a little better as I master brightness and zoom controls. I had to email this picture to myself, which involves a small fee. I aim to get help in downloading pictures to my computer; the USB driver [...]
The TSA is dead…long live the TSA?
MSNBC echoes (link dead) the Washington Post report that “The Transportation Security Administration, once the flagship agency in the nation’s $20 billion effort to protect air travelers, is now slated for dismantling.”
I picked up Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis after hearing about it on one those sports commentary shows: Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, I don’t remember. I expected a lecture on economics and baseball, two subjects that are near and dear. Before the insanity of high school sports [...]
In response to the Senate giving their blessing to open up 2000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, Lisa makes a fair but provocative point on CAGW’s Blog (link dead):
Unfortunately the cost of crude is not the reason that the price will continue to skyrocket. It is due to the under capacity of refining [...]
During lunch I visited the Kilgore Wal-Mart to pick up some razor blades. A nice smiling lady with a Gillette name badge saw me looking at the Mach3 section.
