Monday, September 3, 2007
I leave you ample space to cut and paste: Elena Filatova CROSS REFERENCDE MY BLOG: When frauds speak of greater truths (Dusty, and the Man who Planted Trees) Monday, October 2, 2006 Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
NEWSPEAK: "Sunni Security Organizations"
As in, "When the U.S. troops become fewer and fewer, it is anticipated that Sunni security organizations will move in to take their places". Read that as "To defend themselves against sectarian and criminal violence, the militias will step out and take control of the streets". Aka: "Vietnamization" Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Enough for Second Life.
Not my cup of tea. I'm not interested in meeting strangers, especially in a spastic electronic masquerade. The reason I tried it out was that there was allregedly a training opportunity, but it apparently is not there now, if ever. I actually interacted with an aquaintance, but was thinking all the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Follow up on the latest "big idea"
You may remember our protagonist (uh, me), when last we saw him, was contemplating a website where CERT and other part volunteer emergency response orgainzations and people could share their after action reports, leave comments, solicit answers, etc. I did some market research and got some good... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
How cool does it get?! Smokejumping manual online!
http://www.fs.fed.us/fire/aviation/av_library/sj_guide/index.html Take an evening to learn about them. Learn about their Russina counterparts, too! Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
A question tonight...who, how and when did you save your first human life?
(It can be metaphorical or literal, but share with the class, 'k?) Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Time out for beauty
http://www.dragonflies.org/ Ciel, take note. Thanks, Ariala. Oddly, the url appeared on my computer without the "g" but with the slash. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Life as a series of detours
Ever heard "Life is what happens while you're planning for it"? My life has, by and large, been a series of detours from my original goals. Sometimes I'm "settling" for the new direction, sometimes finding better directions than the one I'm on at the moment, sometimes forced off the path and into... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 13, 2007
"Honest, Officer, this Blog's only parked!"
Sorry for the paucity of posts, but I've been enjoying life and also doing what I needed to get done. Carry one, if I keep coming up dry I'll start sneaking old ones back in. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Going back to 14JULY, my "next big idea"
I looked and looked for forums and places to discuss and build corporate knowledge about CERT's (Community Emergency Response Teams)through discussion and posting of afteraction reports. I found some. If you are interested, Google "CERT IDEAS", go to LAFD's CERT page, click on CERT Ideas" and trhere... Sign in to see full entry.