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  • My Evil Kitten, Jenny

    This is my evil kitten, Jenny. I hate her. I want to eat her. Maybe I will. After breaking yet another pot, I decided she will keep Lucky company up on the terrace…

  • Litter Kwitter Update - Green :-)

    Nearly a month since I started using Litter Kwitter to get my cats to do their thing on the toilet. It is going pretty well actually. My cats are up to the green tray…

  • Oliver Willis - Like Kryptonite To Stupid Blog

    I forgot how I found Oliver Willis's blog. Most likely I was searching for Barak Obama and I came up on Oliver's "Like Kryptonite to Stupid" Blog. He is clearly an…

  • BBC: Vietnam drugs haul 'largest ever'

    (Source BBC World News) This should come as a surprise for many of the Expats especially for those who regularly visit the Pham Ngu Lao area for their purchases of…

  • Fedora Core 9 Downloaded :-)

    I woke up this morning and found that Fedora Core 9 finished downloading through ktorrent. The bandwidth was quite high last night so the remaining 2 gigs downloaded in…

  • Litter Kwitter Week 4

    Yep, I am still at it. My two cats are, umm, eagerly using the Litter Kwitter most of the time but not all. They urinate 100 percent of the time but litter in it about…

  • Olympic Weightlifting

    Here's another shocker for many of you. Did you know I used to Olympic Weightlift? I did it as a hobby for about 4 years but I stopped when I left for the Peace Corps in…

  • Sleeping Better :-)

    Finally I am able to get a good night of sleep in my house. It has been so long. About a week ago, I decided to turn my mattress over. I found that it was harder and…

  • EA-6B Prowler

    While a Marine Reservist, I was briefly attached to a Marine Corps Reserve squadron, VMAQ-4, stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington. My…

  • Great Marine Corps Commercial

    Just ran across a really good US Marines Corps commercial on YouTube. Sometimes I forget that I am a Former Marine. Enjoy:

  • EVN Power Woes

    Yesterday I met with my landlord. He is fully aware of the power meter problems. Some of my neighbors are beginning to complain as well. It is actually turning out to be…

  • No respect from my cat :-(

    This is what I have to put up with every day at my house...

  • EVN Faulty Power Meter

    Back in 2005, EVN installed roughly 287,000 faulty power meters resulting in complaints of nearly 12,000 from irate customers. Many customers were angry at the higher…

  • Pencil 2D Animation Software in the Classroom

    Looking for an easy to use animation program to use in the classroom? If so, try Pencil. From the Pencil website: Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X…

  • Litter Kwitter - Week 1

    Wow, after one week of using Litter Kwitter's Cat Toilet Training System, I am thoroughly impressed. I watched the DVD included in the Litter Kwitter box which was very…

  • Do you believe in Ghosts?

    When I moved into this house back in January, 2006, there was a room on one of the top floors that some called the "evil" room. Every time someone passed by this room…

  • Gentoo Frustrations - Back to PC-BSD

    Using Gentoo Linux, you have to get used to things just breaking, especially in the last couple of years. Portage is probably one of the best package management systems…

  • Saigon Water Leak Found

    The water workers found the leak today. They came roughly around 10:30 AM this morning and started hammering the tiles where the water and sewage pipes are located…

  • Saturday Night at Home

    Well, I had to stay home tonight to get some work done. Things did not go as planned, though, due a power outage at about 7 PM. When the power returned, the internet…

  • Water Woes - Success :)

    Today the water repairman returned to our house. We were finally successful in explaining the problem. When he turned on the water again, I can tell he was surprised at…