Thursday, January 24, 2002

somehow 01.22.02 fell off the calendar tonight when we were working under the hood -- here it is in case your keeping up -- no idea how that happened -- maybe it will show back up on it's own 11:18:09 PM    we left Iran the very same day the Shah did in 1979 -- it was some scene just before the whole country fell apart and into the arms of Ayatollah Khomeni -- the 'rents were in Ireland or Scotland playing golf somewhere don't ya know and were quite surprised to hear of our whereabouts - to say the least we had been off meditating in Switzerland and one day opened our eyes to realize that we were in a bus late at night driving down the streets of Tehran from the airport, past tanks and heavy weapons trained on us from checkpoints all along the way it was a wacko move going there -- we we're lucky to get out when we did reading the news the last few weeks on Iran and listening to a radio interview today with some think tank commander, it seems certain that Iran is about to come unglued again at the same time factions in power in Iran are pumping arms to the Palestinians and supporting Hezbollah, there are more numerous protests internally -- and high stakes dissent is being voiced more stridently by members of the Iraninan parliament and by educators against the fundamentalist cleric judiciary -- there are millions and millions of people hankering for freedom in Iran -- it's the nature of life everywhere -- they're people just like you and me -- they have dreams and kids and friends and loved ones and want food and a few clothes and a roof over their head just like us and maybe a rug they can't stand oppression either no one can 10:59:29 PM    BBC: India tests intermediate-range nuclear-capable Agni II missle over Bay of Bengal 10:04:31 PM    missed this one earlier this month - thanks Mike SF Chronicle: The Day Ashcroft Censored Freedom of Information for this too: Thomas Friedman 9:32:42 PM    picture to html - fun 7:04:20 PM    Hamas Said Developing Rocket. An anti-Israeli militant group is developing a rocket with a range long enough to hit cities in the Jewish state, a Hamas leader said in an interview. [AP] 7:00:56 PM    bomb blast at UK embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan 6:21:29 PM    Israel kills two 'armed infiltrators'. The Israeli army says it killed two gunmen who tried to infiltrate a settlement in Gaza, hours after helicopter gunships killed a Hamas militant. [BBC] 6:18:30 PM    Taleban army rises from the dead 6:14:51 PM    uh oh -- after the 2 hour orderly install of Windows XP -- on the very first bootup we got a new type of dreaded blue screen death -- then a restart and it looks like we're good --- we're at the first setup screen -- and there's nice music our Windowz friends are ranting and raving about XP so we decided to put it on the Dell laptop we use all the time side by side with the Cube ok - we're activating now -- and registering -- we paid, believe it or not soon the Beast will know everything on our network and everything we do on that laptop ok - we're up - nice eye candy -- time to bang around on this puppy -- wonder if it knows my copy of Office is a friend's? 5:56:24 PM    just how Popeye wanted it -- leave it to the Japanese for strange food -- Koreans a close second we love them both pigs will be flying chickens soon Scientists cross pigs with spinach. Japanese researchers claim to have produced healthier pork by implanting a spinach gene into a pig. [BBC] 4:08:29 PM    Pope Leads Prayer for Peace. Pope John Paul II led an assembly of patriarchs and imams, rabbis and monks in Italy today in praying for peace. [NY Times] amen 1:20:27 PM    Second volcano erupts in Congo Mount Nyamuragira Professor Wafula -- the lone and basically unpaid and poorly equiped vulcanologist there God bless him -- on the ground voiced doubt if Nyamuragira had erupted -- they're taking a helicopter out to take a look see asap there's a big threat of eruptions spreading through the whole Rift Valley 12:44:12 PM    a Nyiragongo volcano story + audio slide show at MSNBC the latest 12:34:59 PM    Fairview - weblog award nominations -- a huge distraction right now later on this on our own nickle -- there's good design and bloggin' ideas all through there -- this is night time work 11:24:10 AM    Musharraf Backs Pakistan Elections. Signaling the end of three years of military rule in Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf announced Thursday that legislative elections would be held in October. [AP] 11:14:32 AM    this one too: John Adams. "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." [Motivational Quotes of the Day] 11:11:43 AM    he he -- this just showed up in the News feed Senator Everett Dirksen. "A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money." [Quotes of the Day] 11:05:55 AM    Greenspam 10:52:19 AM    the first Enron goat -- is traipsed out for public viewing and takes the 5th -- as CEO Lay resigns these guys should all be headed to the klink -- watch the lawyers work the system with hardly a word of truth spoken they'll all walk - in step - blabbing about the nature of the system and accepted business practice - boo hoo crocodile tears and reptile slithering hoods sleezing on their bellies and grovelling in the pit of fear and greed if the public and shareholders and employees are lucky someone will be granted immunity and roll on all these "evil ones" don't bet on it justice marches on, people right on all over you when it means business there'z layers and layers of meaning in all this -- for the biggest bankruptcy and criminal business misconduct to blow up during this time speaks volumes about where we stand in history terrorism is everywhere 10:06:52 AM    of Sabra and Chatilla 9:25:33 AM    straightgoods.com -- independent news - Canada 9:18:54 AM

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