That's right Par!

I'm a engineer I can make some sort of cooling system!

I'm thinking block of ice and a solar powered fan... all on top of my head... cold air sinks!

Tony, I do believe I've had enough of your covert Humans-Not-Melting-In-The-Oppressive-Heat agenda. If I want to go delirious with dehydration, that's my prerogative, goddamnit.

I can't believe that I was standing in that very spot less than 6 months ago. And now it's all covered in knee-deep water.

Definitely go there soon, Al. That town's been living on borrowed time for awhile now, and it really is quite the place to visit. Just try not to go in the middle of summer.

I've been told I should really visit this city before it sinks into the ocean. What do you think?

Nice, Al!

A view of a flooded Piazza San Marco, with St. Mark's Basilica in the background, in Venice, northern Italy, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

It's a little early but I thought I would confirm that we can have Bad Movie Night at my parent's house next Wednesday, the 10th. I taped a festive movie on their PVR which I hear is pretty awful. It's even in High Definition so it will be even more apparent that it sucks!

239 Bulyea Rd.

call me if you need directions (240-2287)

Also, with respect to the situation in Mumbai, some info about the group purported to be behind it, Lashkar-e-Taiba.

Along the themes of Hezbollah and Hamas, it's a group with both militant and terrorist wings, as well as humanitarian and fundraising wings. Given that groups like this exist in a variety of places of strategic importance, I wonder how our approach to that kind of setup is evolving. Clearly it doesn't do the job to simply outlaw the group as a whole, given that fighting terrorism is as much a battle for public support as it is a military conflict. You can't just ignore that side of these groups, either, though.

If anyone's heard about this, and is curious, Mr. Liepert's brochure is available here, in both the short (eight-page) form, and the long (19-page) full plan. Either way, it'll take you about 10 minutes to read it, and it'll tell you nothing about their actual plans: either rehashing old goals, or sweeping statements about policy change. My favorite of the latter is that they're going to "change reimbursement incentives to align with new models of care."

I'm sure they're working on something substantive, though.

Found this on GraphJam. The narrator for this one is perfect.