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Prague

Shhhhhheeeeeettttt, this is definitely one of my favorite pastimes. I can get lost in the real estate throw-aways or on house ad search engines for longer than I should. I've spent 4 years doing residential architecture, bookended by commercial before and after (read that, currently). Commercial is more professional but residential is more fun. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

New Mexico

We all like to see the bad guy go down. Look at how people cheer in a 007 film...I know, weird association. Two quick thoughts not trying to be too political: 1. Negative They have, as Pantho said, replacement "clones" for such individuals 2. Positive Radical movements have a limited shelf life as some causes dont' hold up...they can hang for another 5, 10 or 20 years, but another generation growing up in a democracy may not buy into what they have to sell

uzo (sp?)

The most disturbing part of the film which should not be given away for those who have yet to see it. I don't know if you viewed it the same way - I saw that this film was about so much more than sexual identity. It's about how people process adversity. Despite the breathtaking grandeur of the West, the film is very dour...from beginning to end. But it's a work that merits respect. About that disturbing part, was it real or was it Ennis's projection? I am still perplexed on that but don't need to see it again to find out. It's as if you went to the bathroom or to get candy during that scene, you missed the whole film. (I found this analogous to the scene in "Body Heat" where William Hurt receives the clasp envelope with the high school yearbook while he is in prison...if you miss him going through the yearbook then you may as well kiss that movie good-bye).

Well, pick one, Goddammit! J/K

I love Italian food. Very high on my list. Growing up with Italian parents, I never went without expertly prepared pasta, chicken or veal dishes. However, I never have a craving for Italian food. But I will go into Greek food withdrawals. So, I'd say Greek. The meats and poultry are succulent, the vegetables, rice and potatoes tend to be seasoned without being offensively strong. Not to mention the tzatziki, hummus or baklava. It's also pretty good for you. Look at those 100 year old ladies with orthopedic shoes and black dresses hanging out in Mykonos or Santorini...see? For you Californians and Arizonans, there is the Daphne's chain. For less than $ 10, you can feast on some good stuff.

Where in 'bu did this happen I wonder? Out by Leo Carrillo, closer to the pier or in the congested area by Moonshadows? It must have been out by the former. I don't understand some people. I am so risk-averse...just look at the old-lady car I drive.

Hey, Moltar, I'm very sorry. This is hard...especially when they are people you like. It's sad to watch people you like leave a company, let alone this. I have only lost one friend. He was one of a couple of best friends in high school. They had moved to the Miami area. His mother said it was a car hitting him while changing a tire -- I suspect otherwise, as he tried to maintain this jovial air when things in his family life ($h!ty parents) were really quite turbulent. I didn't want to believe it but then, while on vacation for the first time in Florida, I went to the Catholic cemetery in the western outskirts of Miami and found his grave (age 20). It hit me hard. One summer, as a joke, we threw about 50 red food-colored tampons in his pool when they were in Florida. We lived in his back yard pool all through high school. We laughed about that for months...years. I am in a line of work where I could do the workaholic thing but I refuse to and this has limited me. It's not a guarantee of success...and certainly not of happiness. I live my life like this: May 2006 - Florida/Atlanta October 2006 - Quebec March 2007 - Argentina and Uruguay July 2007 - Italy and Portugal Everything in between is filler. To everyone and everything else, F*** YOU. Again, I'm sorry. This makes us step back and evaluate things.

The ONLY reason I bring this up is because on the MSN homepage there was a blurb about the fact that he won't go alive. With all the negative Iraq stuff, I sure as heck don't go into the news that much; however, what brought this on? I am wondering if that organization is feeling some heat or if some captured individuals are "spilling the beans." Just a thought.

ruf ruf bow wow

Isn't that a quandary? The people that shouldn't be having them are....and the people that should be having them aren't. My HUMBLE opinion.

Maybe they should make a helluva lot less babies. Birth control to the rescue (and I'm Catholic). As the old saying goes: "If you can't afford 'em, don't have 'em." That's what I always think when I'm in Europe and you see gypsies panhandling.

Big Sur

Travel...travel...and more travel. That's always preceded auto events anyway.

Big Dig

Stage fright

That sounds so cool. If I could only stand the 12 hours SFO-AKL or 14 hours SFO-SYD. I am going stay local in 2006 and go to FL in May and Quebec in October (had to lock in the FF tickets) but March 2007 is a Southern Hemisphere trip. I keep telling myself to do something different and go to New Zealand/Australia, but "same parallel South America" will have about the same weather and Argentina seems to be calling again. That trip of yours sounded like a blast...memories for a lifetime!

electrolysis

Was that still of the vintage that had the effed up Chevy small block 305/350 cams? Exercise caution. You still have the 'rado? Does this mean you will be doubling up? That can be costly. I have found that, havind done it twice (Cutlass/Camaro and Cutlass/Regal), it can be an expensive proposition.

LaBrea Tar Pits

Tarts.

Please don't say that Z. It's bad enough that I have to talk to India now to rent a car or buy an airline ticket. It's not easy...they are very robotic sometimes. I can't imagine doing that for governmental bureaucratic matters. Scary $h!.

Panama Canal