Posted in Blog on May 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
Have you heard about Blackwater? Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill:
Meet BLACKWATER USA, the world’s most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest-growing private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the [...]
Posted in Blog on May 11th, 2007 4 Comments »
What I’ve always wanted.
Note that two pieces are already missing. I ate them before I thought to get out the camera and blog this auspicious moment. In the interests of full disclosure: three more are now missing BUT– I actually had the strength of character to put the rest of [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 12th, 2007 Comments Off
Backyard bottlebrush trees
Originally uploaded by bornfamous.
I love trees, and especially these two that I’ve been gazing at from my balcony for nearly ten years. I love how flimsy they look, and yet how strong they really are. Their branches and red flowers dance in the [...]
Posted in Blog on Feb 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
The headache from hell has finally and miraculously disappeared, thank God. [Sugar withdrawal again. Why I always think this time will be different, I do not know. Oh, wait: selective amnesia.]
So I had to celebrate by trying a new theme for the blog. I like it MUCH better — the soft green background color and [...]
Posted in Blog on Jan 31st, 2007 Comments Off
This has been going on for seven days now. Can’t. Stand. It. Aughhh…
Great. I missed the deadline to sign up for National Blog Posting Month [plus I've already missed the FIRST DAY of posting] so I’m out of luck when it comes to getting in on the goodies. But it’s still a great way to get back in the habit of posting every day, so I’m going [...]
