I tend to be the collector of obscure facts.
Such as the five percent rule for drug smuggling. The rule is that you only catch five percent of all the drugs smuggled across your border. Sometimes you get more. Sometimes you get less, but generally you only get five percent.
In other countries, like Russia, it’s actually [...]
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The desert breeds a certain kind of person.
Deserts are harsh and unforgiving. Deserts consume the weak. Deserts demand everything that you have, and then a little more.
When you live in the desert, you live by desert rules, and if you forget those rules… you die.
However, desert rules don’t apply everywhere. It’s not necessary to live [...]
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Posted in Environment, Society, Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2006
Got sick again. Can you believe it?
That’s why I’ve been so spotty with my blogging. However, I should be entering a quiet patch in November which should allow me to be more consistant.
Why November?
Well, I’m running around like a crazy person, trying to get everything ready for a major trip to the US. Some things [...]
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Posted in Economy, Environment, Jordan, Peace, Society on Jul 13th, 2006
note: Well, having been dumped off of my plane, I get to write the post that I should have written yesterday morning. I will be trying again THIS morning to actually make it on a plane. We’ll see.
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I’ve made the point about the connection between water and war.
But, the point is really more about sophistication. It’s [...]
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Posted in Economy, Environment, Peace, Society on Jul 7th, 2006
You know where water comes from. EVERYONE knows where water comes from. You turn a faucet and out it comes, delightfully crystal clear. As much as you want.
Unfortunately, 1.5 billion people in the world can’t do that – at least with anything that is clean and delightfully crystal clear.
However, drinking water isn’t the point.
It takes [...]
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