But Seriously Folks,

Despite the fact I have not lived in Thailand for over 20 years, I am annoyed and saddened by the events there over the past 72 hours. Well, the past 2 months for that matter. This level of violent disobedience is most non-Thai as the Thai have a well deserved reputation for settling differences peacefully. Sometimes I think the word Thailand is synonymous with "bloodless coup." Thus, I am bewildered, perplexed and frankly pissed off at the actions of the arsonists. Although I feel for the rural poor, (I worked in international development when I lived in Maha Sarakham) I do not condone setting buildings afire. That is just inexcusable. To the people of Bangkok, Mukdahan, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Chiang Mai and other towns who are just trying to go about their business; I am truly pained to read and see the reports on the news. I wish you all peace and love.

Dive Right In

Kim had her birthday party a couple of weeks ago, and I have been too lazy to post anything about it till now. We went bowling and all had a great time. This year she requested a "swimming pool" cake with her diving from a "3 meter" board. No, the board is not to scale.

We Have A Serious Series!

I know this is obvious, but game 6 is over. Now on to game 7.

tuRmeric. tuRmeric. With an R

Phun with puns part 1.


True story: Yesterday I ran across a string about ingredients used in cooking that claimed tumeric [sic] had cancer fighting properties. Although the responsible party forgot the first "r" they did not use an "o." This is a good thing otherwise we would have a carcinogen and wind up with a tumor. Ick.

No, I Did Not Hear The Rest Of Them.

Snippets of two conversations I heard today.

1) "I know how to do it, but when I have to do it, I do it wrong."

2) "That will be good for your Adam's apple."


Both would be good primers for a creative writing assignment. Too bad they were parts of different conversations.

It Is All A Function Of Poor Humor

I think we elected a number of mathematicians to the U.S. Congress. I write this because there has been a lot of discussion about regulating derivatives lately. I find it very integralesting. I wonder if higher order derivatives will be taxed at a higher rate, or if we will simply allow them to be self taxing. I do know they have been known to tax my patience.

The More I Know, The More There Is To Forget

Things to remember concerning the Coyotes and Red Wings

1) At the time of writing this, the Coyotes have not lost a PLAYOFF game to the Red Wings since 1998
2) The Coyotes have not lost a PLAYOFF game since 2002

Things to forget:

The Coyotes have not been on the playoffs since 2002 and have not played the Red Wings in the playoffs since 1998


Something else to remember:

This time the Coyotes made the playoffs with some "room to spare."