3.5 Years

The Lounsbury - January 11, 2010 08:29 PM | Comments (0)
Filed Under: Perso

Passed another scan - well I believe so. The charming French doctors who are treating me now are so very laconic. "Nothing to remark" is the characterisation, real dossier to be sent to Home Doctor.

This also marks 4 years since starting chemo.

Otherwise, apologies for the silence, in the midst of negotiations and end of year reporting arrangements.

The Madness of USofA Security Overreaction

The Lounsbury - December 27, 2009 01:01 PM | Comments (3)
Filed Under: Business , MENA Fringe , Perso-Expatedness , Politics , Politics - US FP

While understanding that Americans are sensitive creatures unused to risk, and sympathising with being rattled by the incompetent Nigerian cretin who failed in his terror attempt (but seems to have done a fine job in burning his inner thighs, I hope with the proper results to his privates as well insofar as reports suggest the materials were in his undies areas):



What kind of lunacy is this: New American flight rules, no getting up from seat during last hour of flight and no electronics.
No more than one carry on, including handbags. The reports from others flying into the US of A seem to confirm this hysteric over-reaction in now in place.



What the logic of this is escapes me insofar as no reports indicate any electronics were involved, the explosives (same failed method as that Jamaican sneaker-non-bomber cretin) were power sewed into his pants.... and the mere fact he did it in the past minutes of the flight seems to have fuck-all to do with methodology.



Well. I for one am cancelling my plans for a business meeting in New York. Let the fuckers come out here, damned if I am going to spend 9 hours on a flight without my laptop.



And for the US TSA: get some fucking ball you cowardly gits. All the Al Qaeda people need to do now to send America into a hysteric tizzy is to yell boo for fuck's sake.

A personal note (a wee obs on cancers and the like)

The Lounsbury - December 23, 2009 09:20 PM | Comments (0)
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Today marks the day that my dear doctors told me that I would be joining the cancer (suvivors) community. My post was brief.
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Well actually I was told I was fucked. But all is well that ends well. It was an interesting Xmas present. (Well I am not a Xian, but much of the family is).

Well, inchallah, the next scans are good, and otherwise... fuck it, in for the penny, in for the fucking pound.

Algeria, Tourist Destination

The Lounsbury - December 7, 2009 10:35 PM | Comments (1)
Filed Under: Biz - Policy & Development , The Maghreb

I am amused by this: Reuters AlertNet - INTERVIEW-Algeria counters violent image to woo tourists 

ALGIERS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Algeria is an emerging tourist destination which is spreading the word to potential visitors that the image of a country overshadowed by extremist violence is out of date, the tourism minister said in an interview.