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With Friends Like This...
I have to confess, I'm a bit insulted at the number of my readers (mainly lurkers, I know) who have not taken the extra little step of signing up with LiveJournal to continue reading my blog. Thank you to the 2 (?) of you who did! You are the wind beneath my wings.
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Friends Only
Well, folks, I haven't come up with any clever solution to my blog-security problem, so for now I'm sticking with "Friends Only." This means that you have to sign up for a LiveJournal account and ask me to friend you. Just do it. Quit whining. You don't have to post anything. Just make up a blog name and get an account. It doesn't hurt. They won't ( Read more... ) -
DEFCON 3
I've discovered a security flaw, and will be immediately going friends-only until I figure out how to handle it. I don't think the intelligence has been compromised, but I can't risk it. If you are a lurker and want to continue reading, you'll have to create a livejournal account and then ask me to friend you. I shall keep you apprised on a need-to ( Read more... ) -
Vietnam Photos Online
Finally...Nam photos posted here. There are 100, but I culled from over 1,500, so deal! -
Home in One Piece with No Tropical Diseases? Check. (So Far)
Well, I'm home and despite some minor lingering digestive issues and a bad case of jet lag, I think I'm fine.
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Dodgy "Bus" Ride with Unsavory Characters? Check.
We flew to Nha Trang on Wednesday. Nha Trang is a big beach party town, and even though I hate the beach, I had figured, "When in Vietnam..." But the weather was shitty and there seemed to be no other compelling reason to stay in Nha Trang, so we decided to head straight to Phan Rang, about 30 miles south, where we'd read we could eat gecko. And ( Read more... ) -
Tailor-made Silk Suit? Check.
Here in Hoi An, the thing to do is have clothing made. The streets are lined with shops, mannequins in the front, shelves and shelves of material just inside. We studiously avoided them all of Sunday, but then yesterday, I started seeing a jacket I really liked. Our hotel is connected (business-wise, not physically) to one of the shops, where we'd ( Read more... ) -
Fetal Duck Egg? Check.
V was sure she had spotted some fetal duck egg here in Hoi An, and when we went on a tour of the market this morning (before our cooking class), our guide pointed it out and said, "Just don't look when you eat it."
So, this afternoon, we took the plunge. We sat down at a stand in the market, where there were several young locals digging in, and ( Read more... ) -
Encounters with ethnic minorities? Check.
Conversations with the Black Hmong in Sapa ( Read more... )