Remember how the US was outraged over the oil for food scandal with the UN and Iraq? Well.. Turns out the US and UN condoned Iraq oil smuggling to Turkey and Jordan. “How is it that you stand on a moral footing to go after the U.N. when they’re responsible for 15 percent maybe of …
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INS fun, petty bitching
I get digitally fingerprinted at the “Application Support Center” today as part of the change of status paperwork. Seventy five bucks. Someone has to be making money off this. Bit strange really. I mean, they have my photograph and fingerprint from the last 3 years of TN-1 visas, as well as when I came back …
Not a fan of the Inuit sunset
I went to update my transactions today in Quicken and received the following message: “As of April 19th, 2005, in accordance with the Quicken sunset policy, Online services… Will no longer be available for Quicken 2002 users.“ Sunset policy, how quaint. This means I can’t get Quicken to download my bank transactions. The product could …
Finding Neverland
Anna and I saw Finding Neverland at Hazard 7 last night. It was my first time back to Hazard since Madstone died off. They seem to be keeping most of the good things about Madstone, but I wonder if they are going to survive as a regular theatre by charging 9 bucks. There are better …
Big surf
Wow. 6-8 foot waves today, with some 10-15 on the reefs. That just doesn’t happen very often in San Diego. I’m going to head down to the cove at lunch to check it out. If it looks as good as it sounds, I’ll have to run home and get my boogie board & suit. Bhutan …