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Crystal Ball

Predictions for the next year, some bold, some likely. (Add any of your as a comment) Technology and Science: Next generation DVDs will come out, confuse consumers, and be replaced with a completely new technology by the end of the year. Phones will start coming with Mp3 players built in. Wireless cable television (through local towers, not satellites) will start getting lots of attention. We will discover nothing useful on Mars. The Chinese put a man on the moon. Business: One of the failing airlines with promise to never overbook passengers and will increase their profits. Google will lose a large market share to programs like Coperic that utilize multiple search engine and can search your computer (and network) within seconds. The Stock market will go up, while the economy stays mostly stagnant. The DJIA is currently at 10,800. Government: The US will have less than 50,000 troops in Iraq by years end (currently over 120,000. I’m not counting troops at army bases

Music and Foreign Policy

A little over 17 days till the wedding and things are coming into place. The little things are finally getting done, like hiring musicians and a DJ. I’m at the point were things simple need to get done; no more time for research and exploration. And to my slight surprise, things are progressing nicely. There is still a lot we have to do, but much of it needs to be done on the days right before the wedding (and on the wedding day). The only remaining item of contention is a family dinner the night before the wedding. I would like a nice dinner with my family and Lindee’s family. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Right now I am reading Charlie Wilson’s War, a book that my brother highly recommended. It is about how the US backed Afghan fundamentalists in their Jihad against the Soviet Union in the 1980’s. If you don’t know much about how the US government works, than you will find this book mind-blowing; however, I am finding it rather mundane. The writing is only average and the author insist

Biggest News Ever

Maybe this will be the test to see if anyone actually reads this anymore. I haven’t written in a while because of the overwhelmingness of life. But in the mist of all the confusion a little miracle happened. Its not often that one can say that something will affect their entire life in a meaningful way, but here it is... Right now, flying in the skies is my darling love lindee. And in the sky, in that plane, in that lindee, there is a molecule of a new life. The little molecule swims around playing and sucking its brand new thumb. It has little eyes, and little fingers, and a little heart that goes “chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga...”. Lindee and I made this little molecule that will grow and grow until one day it pops outs as a glorious ray of sunshine and life. My life will never be the same. If I wasn’t so busy I would be overjoyed and anxious, but I will hopefully have time for that in a little while. For now, we are referring to out little offspring as “the molecule

Something in the Air

Today is going to be a good day.