Now that the State of Missouri has finally been called for McCain, albeit just barely, I can officially evaluate my election-eve prediction:Barack Obama will be elected the 44th President of the United States by winning 311 electoral votes to John McCain's 227.In the end, I think McCain will wind up with narrow victories in several states currently rated as "toss-ups:" Florida, Indiana, Missouri,
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Death cab
Posted on 9:25 PM by jackline
This was the scene right on front of our office building sometime last week. I hope nobody was seriously injured.Needless to say, my own experiences with da ngerous Dubai taxicabs makes me thankful that I don't depend on them to get around anymore.
Houston 70, #25 Tulsa 30
Posted on 8:02 PM by jackline
It seems like every twenty years, the University of Houston Cougars deliver a beatdown of epic proportions to the Tulsa University Golden Hurricane. In 1968, there was the infamous 100-6 game. Twenty years later, the Run-and-Shoot-era Coogs clobbered Tulsa by a score of 82-28. And now, another twenty years on, the Coogs once again lay the smackdown on 25th-ranked Tulsa, 70-30. The Coogs, avenging
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
There goes Dubai's heart disease rate...
Posted on 7:28 AM by jackline
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Houston 42, Tulane 14
Posted on 5:55 PM by jackline
It's too bad I couldn't be in Houston to see this one. The Coogs finally put together a complete, four-quarter game and steamrolled the Tulane Green Wave at Robertson Stadium Saturday night. It was Houston's sixth consecutive victory over Tulane.The Cougars played sloppy football: they turned the ball over three times, they missed a field goal, they muffed (but fortunately recovered) a punt
Paris from 37,000 feet
Posted on 5:38 PM by jackline
I thought that if I got to the airport early enough I could something other than a middle seat this time. No such luck.
I was also hoping that I might be able to avoid the "flying nursery" section of the aircraft this time as well. Again, no such luck. The number of families with small children that fly Emirates between Houston and Dubai is such that there is no part of the airplane where one
I was also hoping that I might be able to avoid the "flying nursery" section of the aircraft this time as well. Again, no such luck. The number of families with small children that fly Emirates between Houston and Dubai is such that there is no part of the airplane where one
Friday, November 7, 2008
That was a short week...
Posted on 11:45 AM by jackline
Looks like I was a bit conservative with my prediction of Obama's margin of victory in the electoral college. I haven't yet had time to write my post-election wrap-up; in fact, I really haven't had time to do a lot of things I've wanted to do this week. maybe I'll get a chance to do that once I get back to Dubai.Not that I really want to go back to Dubai, mind you. There comes a point at which
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