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Ticket to Ride
For a while I have been toying with a different strategy for Ticket to Ride: totally ignoring contracts while trying to garner as many long routes as possible. There are some pretty big disincentives to trying this. For one thing you cede at least 10 and possibly 20 points to another player off the top for the longest trains and most completed ( Read more... ) -
Concert reviews
Can somebody tell me the purpose of concert reviews? If I read a review of a restaurant or a movie I can decide I need to add it to my list of things to do. But what good does it do to tell someone that "the greatest concert that ever occurred in the history of the universe was last night and you missed it"? Is it some form of one upsmanship? A ( Read more... ) -
Spamalot
A friend had an extra ticket to Spamalot. I recommend it. The plot vaguely follows that of Holy Grail but throws in a lot of other Python references and some contemporaneous humor as well. Eric Idle had a lot of influence on the production and the voice of John Cleese makes a brief appearance. The other Pythons are there in spirit only. -
Goodbye
Goodbye. -
The electric company here is watching me.
I was typing the sentence "electricity goes out too often" in IM to someone while we were talking about problems getting anything done here. I got as far as "electricity goes" when the power went out. -
March of the Penguins
My friends here bought March of the Penguins on DVD here. The back of the box says:
A MOVIE TO AMAZE THE EYES AND ASTONISH THE HEART. Every year thousands of emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. Begins to question the extreme methods of justice he and is partner, Salim adle (gooding) usain dealing with the citys ( Read more... ) -
Food Poisoning
Well, I managed to get food poisoning. First serious case since I got here. It wasn't tainted water or eating as some sleazy dive. It was 2 day old leftovers in the refrigerator. (Someone else got it too and this was the only thing both of us ate that no one else ate.) Sigh. And here I was beginning to think I would get through this visit ( Read more... ) -
Water is a luxury
Twice now I have been in the shower and had the water just stop. I had been told about the frequent power problems but it would appear water too is a luxury in Lahore. -
Pakistani Cooking
The cuisine here is much like Northern India. This is certainly no surprise ( Read more... ) -
Rules of Pakistani Driving
Before you begin your driving in Pakistan there are a few things that
you should know:
- When a car is manufactured it is allocated four(4) horn switches and ( Read more... )