Seems that I came down with some sort of a stomach flu. Been puking up my guts for the last two days. I barely got any sleep, always just managed to nod off before I had to jump up and run to make another offering to the porcelain God again. I haven't gotten anything done, because even sitting up for more than a few minutes hurt like hell. My fever ( Read more... )

I just read a great article on how Arabic names are making things incredibly complicated. It is leading to the wrong people being imprisoned, families unable to find their loved ones, and a general misunderstanding between the US occupying military and the natives. Iraqis usually refer to themselves by three names. The first name is their given ( Read more... )

I find it very odd that the Bush campaign is trying so hard to slander Kerry in its ads instead of emphasise what strengths Bush has and the good things that he has done. Oh yeah, there are none. No wonder. A recent commercial points out this 'fact' that Kerry voted against funding for '13 weapon systems our troops depend on'. What they fail to ( Read more... )