“After
what I've read of your posts so far, if I were to describe you as a dish, it
would be like - Hilarious with a pinch of sarcasm, mixed in with Kuwaiti spices
but cooked the American way.“
Bloggy 6/18/12
I don’t think I have ever heard a review of my writing
that compared it to food; but I like
this one.
In keeping with that theme, today’s entry will be like CORN night (Clean Out the Refrigerator Night) as it will cover
several things -- including some ads to previous posts, rather than just one. So, enjoy the stew and try to keep up so you
don’t get lost along the way.
There are, I have found out, several
really good Blogs in Kuwait that are written in English. Some by Americans and some not. Here are a few that I have started to read
regularly:
Mark’s
blog is a twofer. The B Side is funny
and interesting stuff found on the web,
the A Side is hard hitting news with analysis and other stuff. Well, actually the A Side is only more other
stuff, observations and local info and
stories. Well, not really all local
because there are movie reviews and I learned how to dougie from a link
provided there. Now that I have
categorized and defined the site, I will
say that I enjoy it but never at 2:48AM.
I kinda wonder what would happened if I did read it at that exact time –
one of those mysteries like what might happen if you kept your eyes open when
you sneezed, you know deep down it will
be okay; but somehow you just can’t bring yourself to do it because you might
shoot your eyes across the room.
Kind of
a cross between news about local shopping and whatever the blogger thought was
cool that day. I would never have seen
Death on a tricycle or found about an alien spaceship that looks like the
Millennium Falcon sitting at the bottom of the Baltic Sea without this
site. What can I say, I like stuff like that.
I will admit it – the fact that the Blogger wears a Jeanie outfit was the reason why I started to read the blog; after all it does claim to be the Cutest Blog on the Block. I like the information she provides and it was when I started to read her blog that I realized how much was going on here. At least enough to fill up a dozen or so blogs. She even has a Who’s Who of American Bloggers, which included me. I am still in the process of checking out all the blogs listed.
The blog
says it is a Blog aggregator; which I have determined means it is a Blog that
is made up of bits of blog from other blogs to create a newer blog. I like it because it is bits of blog from
blogs that I have never seen before and I am always about discovery.
The Dog
Formerly Known as Yet to be Named Dog, is now Dog Still Yet to be Named. It is still on my To Do list, just been busy. He is a lot of fun to watch and play with and
he seems to be getting acclimated just fine.
Two
other things I have learned, but failed
to previously discuss:
- If
you plug a 110v appliance into a 220v outlet and turn it on, the magic smoke that
makes it work will escape and you will
need to replace it with a new appliance of similar function that is either dual
voltage or 220v. Almost everything seems
to be dual voltage these days, but there
are still a few 100v only devices I use – so far I have managed to keep the
magic smoke sealed in all of them.
- If
you leave your dental floss in your car before bringing it in to use, put it in
the freezer for a bit before you use it. The
wax on floss gets “melty” in the heat and if you use it that way the wax comes
off between your teeth and for the next few hours your whole mouth feels like you
have chewing on a mint flavored birthday candle.
And finally,
for a bit for shameless self-promotion…
I have
now published my first book, which was written right here in Kuwait:
From the
stuff I put on the book’s jacket:
Evan Davis is a writer, or at least he would be
if he could finish his first book. Because the book has languished unfinished,
Davis finds himself presented with an ultimatum by his agent: Take a three
month assignment as a press imbed in Afghanistan or risk losing his book
contract. Since the job does have a salary attached he takes it, but before
departing, a friend hands Davis a hastily gathered good luck charm: three
paperclips. Over the months in country he gets to know the men of a small team
of US soldiers that he is deployed with and rediscovers his muse writing about
their experiences in Southwest Asia for a truth hungry American public. Davis
also finds use for each of his talismans, as they save his life and those of
the men he comes to regard as his team; the men who promised each other that
they would all make it home in one piece.
If you want to read the book, you can find it
here: Link
Until
next week….
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