“A new SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) project, ‘Early Warning Indicators for Preventive Policy’, was launched at the end of 2002. The project, which combines a monthly expert survey, selected statistical data sets and Internet technology, breaks new ground in the field of early warning indicators. Processing survey and statistical data using a well-designed [...]
Category Archives: Tripping
Confession in the Fire Swamp, Day of Reckoning
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Dread Pirate Roberts (nonchalantly) : “Good work Wesley. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.”
Prince Humperdinck (smugly) : ” I always think everything could be a trap — which is why I’m still alive.”
In another scene, Inigo Montoya, (wronged by Count Rugen and diagnosed by the same as having an “over-developed sense [...]
Frostbite? more like frostBURN
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Here are my knees with a sad case of frostburn (frostbite doesn’t describe how it feels - I’ve been bitten and I’ve been burned - this feels like kneeling in blacktop tar in the summer). The most fun was when I used my rock pick as an ice pick to destroy the ice dams. I [...]
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Great idea. However, I’ve yet to see it work. The flaw abides in trust. Find me a solid long term enemy and I’ll show you the stuff long term friends are made of. Neither exist. Sometimes my enemies do me favors that all my friends combined couldn’t create. Sometimes my friends are creeps. While everyone [...]
Gold Bugs
Monday, March 26, 2007
Even as a kid living at Rural Route 2A Box 249a (right - not a city, not a neighbor for a mile), when I took a pre-1964 US Quarter Dollar to the Country Store to buy a pack of Hubba-Bubba bubble gum, I knew that my Quarter was high quality. I knew better than [...]
110 mph, Amsterdam, Penny on a Train Track
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Every day I break 100mph on the freeway. Today it was 111. Not popular, I know. Been doing it for 9 months now. Had a heliCOPter from Provo called on me once for it. Believe it or don’t. Some of my readers (imaginary audience from my teens will suffice) will despise me for this. But [...]
