Thursday, August 28, 2008

More random bits

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Well the Olympics are over but it looks like a least one athlete has been reading my blog. Here I was saying that Taekwondo was kind of dul...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Birthday wishes

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My niece's birthday was yesterday (at least it was yesterday my time, because she lives 11 time zones west of here it shouldn't be y...

More on Olympics

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Apparently Canada has in the last four or five days acquired a nice haul of medals, which should at least allay fears that we were not going...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

Canada and the Olympics

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So it is day number eight of the Olympics and I woke up this morning to see that Canada still had zero medals. [Update: by this afternoon we...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Coinage

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Coming back from my vacation I had a bit of coinage with me from the various countries that I've visited and immediately put it in my ...
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Saturday, August 09, 2008

I'm back

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Okay -- I'm back! Where have I been? On vacation in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and even a day trip to Vienna. For those of you on m...
Saturday, July 05, 2008

Oman

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So I just got back from a five-day trip to Oman. It was a business trip that was only going to take two days but I loved my visit to Oman l...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Travel, parties and Turkish soccer

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Got back from a business trip in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday night. Was there for three days: one day into Abu Dhabi, two days in ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Olympics results - and vacation plans

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So Doha did not make the shortlist for the Olympic Games. The IOC decided to shortlist 4 cities and Rio Chicago Madrid and Tokyo made the l...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Olympics!

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So tonight is it very important announcement for the country of Qatar -- the international Olympic Committee will be announcing a short list...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Lazy Friday

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I forgot to mention that my birthday was a little while ago. Not a big deal really, birthdays were never a big celebration in my family so ...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Exit permits

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One thing about Qatar that most Westerners don't expect is the requirement for all foreigners who live in the country (at least, those w...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Massages

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Last weekend I decided to do something different -- get a massage. A friend of mine informed me that a new barber/massage place and opened ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008

I'm a millionaire!

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On the weekend I met up with my friends Carrie and Khamal. Khamal just got back from Zimbabwe where he had been working on assignment for A...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Alcohol, dieting, and more...

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Well, the heat is finally upon us. I have the AC on that pretty much 24 hours a day now and it isn't even the end of April. So, what...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

Speech software!

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Yesterday I received speech recognition software. I've been trying it out and so far it's been working really good. As an example,...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

ups & downs

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Guess it has been a while since I updated. I am still alive – honest! The ups of downs of current life . . . Down: hands got worse after c...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Qatar Open women's tennis

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Last night I went to the Qatar Open women’s tennis tournament. The tournament is now a Tier 1 WTP event, and has a serious prize pool (~$2....
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

My tastes in music.

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Let’s continue on a lighter note. Though I've had this blog for a year-andf-a-half I’ve never really described my taste in music before...
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Crap - forgot to mention I was on vacation for three weeks!

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Oops, looks like I forgot to post about my three week vacation in Canada so I wouldn't be blogging for the rest of January. Sorry about...