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OSC Revisited

I went to OSC again today. Or OCS, depending on whether you go by the new name…

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Guns and More Guns

On the way home from church, we passed by a whole heck of a lot of armed…

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Thunder and Lightning and Destruction, Oh My

We had a thunder and lightning storm today. And a funny thing happened, too. Right as thunder…

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Always Always the Cows

On the way home, we encountered more cows. Oh come on, you were expecting this, weren’t you?…

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Cows Are My Life

I’m pretty sure it seems that way to some of you at least. Could it be because…

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Cows. Always the cows.

Oh, yeah. Cows. Today was hugely a cow day. In the span of about a half hour,…

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Sri Lanka’s President Declared a State of Emergency

Politically, some interesting stuff has been happening lately. Understand that, of course, I don’t understand these things…

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Readerware

I mentioned a program that Fahim and I settled on for cataloguing our books, movies, and cds….

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I Didn’t Sleep Too Well Last Night

Have I mentioned that there are lots of stray dogs? They have no owners, therefore no one…

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To Blog Or Not To Blog

Isn’t really the question. The question is . . . How much can I actually catch up?…

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More on Septic Tanks

This morning, the guys Mr Perera, yon owner who’s supposed to arrange for things to be fixed,…

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Thunder, Lightning, and Monsoons

Have I mentioned we’re in monsoon season? I kid, I know I have. Today, right now, at…

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Gordon R. Dickson vs Robert Asprin

Okay, not really. Let me see. I’m reading Gordon R. Dickson’s Dragon Knight books now, and I’m…

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Septic Tanks Are a Pain in the Butt

Saranjeet, our downstairs neighbor, called tonight saying that he had arranged for someone to come by to…

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LDS Missionaries – Harmless?

Yeah, they are. For the most part. Like all groups of people, there are always the few…

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Vision is a Good Thing

Today was a mostly uneventful day. About the only thing worth mentioning is that Fahim picked up…

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Bad Chicken. Bad Bad Chicken.

From the local chicken stall, we got a bad batch of chicken. And yes, this is another…

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We Had Glass Doors on our Kitchen Cupboards

Another one that really belongs somewhen else, but I don’t know when that when is. So here…

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Dates

So, uh, I’m going to mention something else that really belongs on some other day, but since…

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Sewage Systems in Sri Lanka

There aren’t any. That’s the first thing you should know. Now let’s be clear about this. I’m…

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Red Rice . . . Red Rice . . .

Is that like Red Rum? (Think Jack Nickolson, my least favorite actor, and The Shining, my least…

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No More False Alarms

Today, I really DO get to meet my sister-in-law. Um, gulp, but yes, of course I knew…

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Fathima and Zara came to visit

And Fathima brought along a friend of hers who also flew down with her from Dubai. Their…

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Ramadan starts today.

How many of you know what Ramadan is? That’s about what I expected. Okay, here we are….

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Opticians and Eye Exams and Glasses and Contacts, Oh My.

Yeah, it doesn’t quite work. Oh well. After that, he and I went to the optician. See,…