Hawaiian breakfast, originally uploaded by lfincher. Loco Moco (white rice topped with a hamburger patty, eggs, and brown gravy), pineapple, and a pineapple daiquiri.
My new ride, originally uploaded by lfincher. Flew over a volcano today. New career track: helicopter pilot. That’s just how I roll.
Meli Kalikimaka, originally uploaded by lfincher. Just arrived. View from the room. Merry Christmas, everyone.
Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan signed an agreement today for the construction of the Prikaspiisky natural gas pipeline along the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, further strengthening Russia’s grip on the region’s oil & gas exports: The parties plan to construct the pipeline along the Caspian coast — 360 km on Turkmenistan’s territory and about [...]
Vladimir Vladimirovich, TIME’s Man of the Year for 2007: It would have been cooler if he was sitting on a barrel of oil TIME’s Person of the Year is not and never has been an honor. It is not an endorsement. It is not a popularity contest. At its best, it is a clear-eyed recognition [...]
In exactly one week, I’ll be here: I fly back to California this Saturday, and on Tuesday my family and I will board a flight to Hawaii, where we will spend a few days on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. This will be my third trip to Hawaii, but my first to the Big Island. [...]
One thing that bothers me is when journalists quote random bloggers, or blog entries, or whatever. To me, it’s the equivalent of using Wikipedia articles as sources for your dissertation. So, I was thoroughly amused when I found out that a blog entry I wrote was quoted in a MinnPost article regarding Putin’s choice of [...]
I’ll be honest, as much as I love reading my Facebook newsfeed to see what group my friends joined, or the political candidate they now support, Scrabulous is really the main reason I login to Facebook every day. I found today’s article on the Scrabulous server upgrade rather amusing. Must have been a slow news [...]
Yeah, these photos are over two years old (September ’05) and I just got around to uploading them. I’ve only got 100+ more to go. These were all taken during my last week in London, when I decided to make one more quick visit to some of the sights in the city. Buckingham Palace, view [...]
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