Archive for December, 2004
Earthquake / Tsunami Animation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) has put up a worldwide animation that shows where the earthquake hit and which areas of the world were affected. Watching it it’s easy to see why east Africa (3300 miles away), India, Indonesia and Malaysia were hit by the tsunami, but Singapore, only a few hundred miles away, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tsunami Aid
Amazon.com has added a direct link to the American Red Cross with a button; all donations go directly to the tsunami relief aid. Click here to donate. So far, Amazon internet web surfers have donated $4.2 million dollars. To that UN weenie that called Americans stingy, I reply with a tart, “HA.” Stingy, indeed. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )The Leader
Busy today. Work work work. Here’s a poem to keep you entertained today: The Leader by Roger McGough ========== I wanna be the leader I wanna be the leader Can I be the leader? Can I? I can? Promise? Promise? Yippee I’m the leader I’m the leader OK what shall we do?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Blogrolling Changes
I added Sand in the Gears after a recommended by the venerable Miss Vox. Sand in the Gears doesn’t write often, but his writing is superb. You can sign up to get his stuff by email so you don’t have to check so often, or use an RSS reader like I do. I ought to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Tsunami Catastrophe
Coming back after the Christmas holidays, I’ve shocked by the news from Asia, where a tsunami has killed thousands – 22,000 at the last estimate I’ve seen. A huge, catastrophic number. Some of the pictures are personal – I vacationed once in Phuket, Thailand when my mom and sister came to visit me in Singapore. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Blessed Christmas to All
This was a special, blessed Christmas for me in so many ways this year. My son came home to visit from college, my step-father got to come home from the hospital, I spent Christmas Eve with my beautiful sweetheart for the first time in years, and wonders of wonders it snowed on Christmas Eve in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Wee Fish Ewe a Mare Egrets Moose
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Winter Salutations
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions [...]
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