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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, uh, I’m going to mention something else that really belongs on some other day, but since I don’t know…

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

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

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

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

How many of you know what Ramadan is? That’s about what I expected. Okay, here we are. Ramadan 101. Ramadan…

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