I'm kind of obsessed with the nuts-ness of Dubai. There was a great article a while back in the Atlantic about it -- the author was as sucked-in/repulsed as you'd imagine. And the whole city seemed to be full of immigrant workers saying, "Sure, my job is to clean these stairs with a toothbrush, and I work 14 hours a day, but holy crap -- I'm making like 10 times more than I could ever dream of at home!!"

Ridiculously cute Daily Puppy.

Am...ded...from...cute. Send...help. Or...puppies.

I have a performer friend who worked a gig in Dubai--basically wandering entertainment in one of the ritzy (no pun intended) hotels. Was horrible and boring except for the bit where it paid filthy lucre.

Some friends have an ongoing "what you gonna do after peak oil?" discussion going (answer: go to Jamaica where they probably won't notice), and they figure that Dubai is where the fat cats will hole themselves up.

Yuck. Have to page migraine specialist to see about hospitalisation.

Nilly I would love to read a copy of your paper. My profile addy is good.

Oh and here is David Tennant introducing the Pussycat Dolls at Wembley.

(Perhaps THAT should go in the Bitches thread.)

Life is boring now that I'm caught up with Girl Genius (which I like, except could the character be more ideal? Probably not, unless she becomes a kick-ass fighter). What's the name/URL of the one where the main guy's got a little pesky robot and they work at/patronise a cafe, and then there's the one girl that's (or was) too damaged to date our dashing lead...

Or something like that.

So I've decided to take up my old hobby of model airplane flying, which I last did when I was in high school. I bought a new RC plane and flew it Saturday for the first time. Here's a couple of pictures of the plane: [link]

The model was originally designed in the '50s or '60s. It has a 69" wingspan, so when I stand the wing on its tip it's almost as tall as me. It's powered by a 0.46 cubic inch (7.5cc )two-stroke glow engine, and has controls for ailerons, elevator, rudder/nose wheel and throttle.

It flies really nice.

Typo Boy, if you go here and in the "Keyword" field type "traffic", you'll get a list of our papers on the subject (many of them without me, as I only joined this research in a later stage). They are in pdf format.

What's the name/URL of the one where the main guy's got a little pesky robot and they work at/patronise a cafe, and then there's the one girl that's (or was) too damaged to date our dashing lead...

Questionable Content. Lemme get the URL.

eta: [link]

You know what never gets old? Reading this post never gets old:

Robin "Coffee On My Monitor" Dec 28, 2005 12:40:12 pm PST