I should be packing but I’m not. It’s my last night in Dubai and most of my stuff has been taken away by Freightworks for air shipping, but a few bags of clothes and laptops remain. My taxi arrives in 3 hours, but instead of worrying about whether or not my Macbook is wrapped tightly […]
So I showered today. Not quite the ordeal I expected. I cut the ziplock part off a sandwich-sized ziplock bag and taped it around my foot. It worked for a while, but water eventually leaked in. Here’s a picture of the showering rig. Next time I’ll use more tape.
Afterwards, I re-dressed the wound. It was […]
Last night, in the middle of the night, after too many drinks and too little adult supervision, I decided I had stewed in the jacuzzi for too long and it was time to call it a night. Some of our motley crew had already passed out and some had gone home. Mike, Crissy, and I […]
Grocery shopping requires skills, patience, concentration, and agility unlike any other physical activity known to man. I wouldn’t be surprised if Grocery-X got added to the X-Games in the next few years.
Tonight after work I made an attempt to replenish my empty cupboards and acquire the ingredients for a simple DiClerico classic recipe. I’ll go […]
Speaking of funny logos, the pharmacy where I bought the cream from is a big chain in Dubai called Life Pharmacy. This is their logo.
Am I the only one who thinks this looks like the lower-torso area of a pregnant porn star? (Squint your eyes a little.)
Honestly, I don’t really want to get into it too much. Just let me say that I was recently in the market for Preparation-H, a topical anti-ass-inflamatory. Apparently this cream is not exported, but local varieties do exist. Here’s the one I bought.
Best. Logo. Ever.
A rare gem of an article on the cover of Emirates Today this morning: SUPERDAAD!
A one-legged father-of-78 is preparing for his next two marriages as he closes in on his target of having 100 children by 2015. UAE national Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman, 60, has already had 15 brides, though he divorces wives to […]
I park in a back sandlot behind the office building everyday as does everyone else in company who is not “manager” level. Since I am only a consultant, I can’t park in the executive parking facility. So, I park with the bottom of the barrel retards. (No offense.) In this “parking lot” there is completely […]
Fucking Etisalat monopoly bullshit. I am so fucking tired of this motherfucking place.
So as you know Skype and Flickr, two very important sites to my internet well-being, have been blocked for months and months. Add to that a host of other random sites that would just make me rather happier, plus 90% of the bittorrent […]
I really do love honey roasted, coated, whatever peanuts. That sweet AND salty, crispy coating is just one of my favorite things. For some reason, they are pretty hard to find here in Dubai. Today I was at a new “hyper” market in Festival City and I found a new brand. They turned out to […]
Last night, after a long day in the sun at the Abu Dhabi Red Bull Airrace, sunset at Barasti in the Dubai Marina, 5 hours of non-stop 110kmh warning beeping from my fucking Mitsubishi Lancer, and a swim in Mike’s ice cold pool, I had a splitting, ridiculous headache that made me feel near-retarded. A […]
Robin asked to see a fake tilt-shift shot before and after. He suggested one of the Dhow shots. Easy enough request. Here you go Robin.
Before:
After:
I don’t know if this is interesting at all. I am not going to post anymore photos like these for a while.