tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107113662024-03-07T16:54:44.053-06:00Llamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01918646682425410045noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10711366.post-1133331894615318702005-11-30T00:18:00.000-06:002005-11-30T00:24:54.636-06:00

This Blog is DEAD!This Blog is ALIVE!(translation: I will no longer post to this Blog. Instead, visit a shiny new Blog that Paca and I are sharing)Pls visit Goat Skin Pants for all your camelid needs.Thank you,THUPT

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Yesterday I attended my final Thai lesson. I think I'll sign up for some more lessons, but first I really need to force myself to practice what I've already learned. This coincides quite well with my financial situation as it happens that this month (for reasons not worth getting into) I'll receieve less money from TASC than normal. So I'll use this month to review everything I've learned up

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... has been updated. Check it out :)

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Excellent (though lengthy) article about intelligence and the Bush White House. Apparently Cheney, Rummy, et al weren't happy with CIA reports that Iraq and Al Quaeda had nothing to do with each other, so they set up a top secret intelligence analysis team to act as an alternative to the CIA.Fascinating read...http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/1122nj1.htm#

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I know I've been quiet lately... I've been working quite diligently on this program while at work, studying Thai at night, and just not making any time to write.Thai lessons are going well enough; my teacher is this gorgeous actress that has some serious attitude. I had a big crush on her for a while until I learned 1) she has a boyfriend and 2) she fairly routinely gets possessed by ghosts and

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Here's a couple of links to check out if you want to understand the facts behind Bush's claims that Congress saw the same intelligence as the White House and that two separate committees have exonerated the administration from claims that they misused the the available intelligence.A lengthy and thorough Media Matters artical is here.A shorter piece from the Washington Post is here.Bush said

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So I come into work this morning and see one of the top headlines on Google is about an interview that the current National Security Advisor gave to Tim Russert on Meet the Press. The headline on ABC news is "Bush Didn't Mislead on War, Adviser Says."Is this news? Worthy of appearing in 1,229 (the number of related links from the Google News front page) separate stories? No, of course not.

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There are many beggars that populate the streets of Bangkok. Unlike American cities, in which the typical beggar is unwashed and homeless, here there a range of beggars for your donating pleasure. For sure there are the underfed, wasted old men that have lost of their teeth already, that you see sleeping on the same sidewalk spot that they beg from. But you also see young men that should have

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Paca's latest blog post made me wonder... how did he get to be the third highest ranked site when one Googles for "rhythm and musical devices in The Ballot or the Bullet Malcolm X"?So I did a Google search myself on how one can determine what pages are linking to his, and I came up with this:http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/It's a neat little tool that shows you the number of links in each

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Things are cooling off a little here in Thailand. The walk to work this morning was quite pleasant, although by noon it was well into the 90's again.Jah and I are over, I am very sad to report. She was definately one of the motivating factors for me to come back here for another year, but it didn't take long after my return for things to turn sour. We had a repeat performance from some of the

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This image is rated R for language... scroll down to see it..............................

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I have a completely different mindset when living in BKK than living in BR. Living alone in a busy urban environment makes it more difficult to remain true to myself. What do I mean... without being surrounded by those people and things that have shaped my life thus far, I have to rely entirely upon the memory of those things to guide my decisions. When I am by myself for a while it is easy

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I saw this on a bulletin board as someone's sig - thought I'd share it with you.Parental Advisory: This is ever so slightly naughtyThe sig was:Men have only two emotions, horny and hungry. If you see one without an erection, make him a sandwich.:)

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I made it back to Thailand!The flight over was much better this time then my flight to the US. I think alot of it was my strategy. When I flew from BKK to the US I purposely slept as little as possible. I whiled away the hours reading and watching movies. The idea was to be dog tired when I arrived so that I could easily sleep that night (the plane touched down about 6 PM); one good night's

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Yesterday evening I returned from my first visit to Bangladesh. Bangladesh is part of the Indian sub-continent. It used to be part of India before splitting off as a muslim country after WWII. At that time it was part of Pakistan - called East Pakistan, which didn't work too well because the central government was located in West Pakistan, a land physically separated from East Pakistan by

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To all in the path of Katrina, God be with you and watch over you, and give you peace.

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Here's an image from the Queen's Imperial Park, just a few blocks from where I live. I have no idea what the pyramid represents. In the background you can see a little boat house that has paddle boats and such to take out. It's such a tiny lake, however, that boating is really impractical.Here's where I work... the TASC office. It's an on old residential building that has been converted into our

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Next week is the annual "World Congress of Epidemiology" sponsored by the International Epidemiological Association (IEA). As luck would have it, this year the even takes place in Bangkok. TASC purchased admittance tickets for all of the staff; we are also using the opportunity to set up meetings between the different country representatives that are involved in Child Injury prevention programs

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Sorry guys, but I've put on a registration requirement to post comments. I hope everyone will take the time register so that normal activity can resume.I chose to do this because some schmuck has started spamming my blog comment space with advertising. I've been manually deleting them up till now. To stop this guy from misusing the comments in the future, however I've taken this step.Sorry for

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Yesterday we had a minor tragedy here at the TASC office.As I may have mentioned previously, a couple of months ago one of the many stray cats that hang out around here had a litter of kittens. I don't know how many were originally in the litter, because the momma cat chose a secret spot hidden in another building. About a month ago, though, during a particularly heavy rain, momma cat decided to

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I, apparently, am a mouse. According to my sister, most women are the men.Now there's a thousand different directions to take that statement, but I'm referring to colds. I developed one on Friday, and on Saturday I was completely wiped out. I could feel the sinus pressure building inside my head, pressing against parts of my face I didn't know I had. I had a throbbing headache, a faucet for a

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Talked with Mike today about the future, and I spoke with Ross earlier in the week.Looks like this will be the deal:1) I'll delay my trip to the US about a week, which means I'll leave about September 15. I'll stay in the US for about 3 weeks. Given that time frame,I'll probably take about 4 days in Blowing Rock before heading to Baton Rouge.2) I will continue to be a fellow, not an employee. My

Llamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01918646682425410045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10711366.post-1123639718897236942005-08-09T21:07:00.000-05:002005-08-09T21:08:38.903-05:00

For those who don't have my email address (I'm looking at you, Paca!), it is:thomas840@gmail.comFor those that don't want my email address, just travel back in time about 10 seconds and choose not to click on this link.

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This morning I woke up just elated. I felt like I was a truly blessed individual... and for the most part I still feel that way today at 5:35. I know it's cheesy and all, but part of that is the response from you guys... knowing that, even though I haven't written in a while, you still check in... it makes me feel warm and fuzzy :) So thanks!When will I be coming home? Well, I believe my flight

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Hey, I'm alive!If a blogger posts a message and no one is there to read it, does it make a difference? I suspect I'll find out soon enough, because chances are that noone's checking this site any more. Hm... perhaps that means I can post freely, without censorship! That's a liberating thought, actually.Well, let's see. Two weeks ago was one of the busiest, most stressful weeks of my time here

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