It’s been six months since I posted.  The last time I posted, in April, I was “swimming to Saudi.”  Well, I didn’t make it.  I only made 3000 meters.  I’ve been trying to improve my swimming since, and this last month I broke 3000 meters.  So while I’d like to complete and win a swim [...]

First, I’m sorry I haven’t posted since early January.  I even had some posts planned, but they just didn’t get written.  I got busy at work and then studying for my EXW and then I got sick–for three weeks.  I call it the Bahraini Crud because that virus has swept through the island and everyone [...]

My blog’s already gotten its Christmas present–new clothes!  As you can see, I updated my blog with a Christmas theme.  I really like the snowflakes that fall down.  That’s the closest I’ll get to snow here in Bahrain!

November 16 is the one year anniversary of this blog. As of right now, I have 57 posts and 6 drafts.  Those drafts are from our trip back in May.  If I ever get the pictures added to them, I’ll post them (in the May archives). So all together that is 63 blog posts I [...]

Update: Removing the Polaroid plugin for now. On the sidebar is a new page called “Polaroid Washington, D.C.”  It displays my Washington, D.C. pictures, which can be seen in the post Leave and Washington, D.C. or on the page Washington, D.C., as Polaroid pictures.  Jeremy thinks it’s cool; I think it’s stupid.  I’d like your [...]

Hey, I just added a “widget” to my sidebar!  That was some way awesome computer skills in action, folks!  I stole the idea from this blog: 4tunate.  It’s a world map that tracks visitors to your blog.  I saw it and thought, “How can I get me one of those things?”  So I clicked on [...]