An empty forest without sound, a thick layer of fog blanketing everything. The nights predators have gone to sleep, the days dwellers have yet to awake. In between the two worlds is a good time to walk for the man in the grey coat.
He walks slowly up by the stream looking patiently for his query. He’s been here before, the wind picks up the cold from last winters snow. Up here there are still patches of white behind most rocks.
There is a sound, it’s faint but unmistakable. There’s something else up here. Somewhere close by and it doesn’t yet know about the man. A head peeks up from behind an edge. How could something so large possibly stand on an ledge this small ? But that’s why they are called mountain goats.
The man draws a sight on the goat, below the neck where the heart is. He breaths in slowly, the goat is still. As he exhales he slowly pulls the trigger. The goat falls in slow motion, a red bloom in its chest.
It will be a long walk back to where the camp is set. The goat will need to be cleaned, quartered and skinned.
The forest is quiet again.

Why do we always feel good when we buy new toys ? Or is it just me ? Yesterday I became the proud new owner of keyboard/mice set. I love the fact that it’s wireless, we need to have more wireless devices. I am now looking for a wireless handsfree solution for my cell phone. It’s a quest that I must accomplish.

So 3 doctors later I now know I have a slightly herniated disk, the doctor said I might at some point need serious surgeory but then again that might be said of any of us. I think he might have been a bit high but the good news is I don’t need back surgeory which makes this a great day. In other news I am buying a digital camera so there will be a bunch more pics added to the gallery.

from Page 2 at espn.com:
“No, I won’t repeat those complaints. But I will add — now even Iran gets better access to NFL games than Americans! Numerous readers including Diana Sophronia of Cyprus have flagged TMQ that Middle East TV, which broadcasts to Iran, Egypt, Turkey and other nations, has a much better track record of picking NFL games than do most U.S. local network affiliates. On Sunday, for example, the Middle East TV pro football doubleheader was Chiefs at Packers followed by Steelers at Broncos . That’s a far better Sunday card than was shown in New York, Los Angeles, Washington or most major American cities. Mullahs sipping Arabian coffee in Tehran got better viewing access to NFL games this Sunday than people living in the United States! “

I am now hosting Slugie over at www.evilasad.com/slugie if for some reason you too need hosting on moveable types let me know and I might create a little bit of space for you too.

Then give your best shot at the Petals of Rose
and let me know how you do. There will be no hints given for this.

What do you do when you get tired and bored of work ? My personal solution is to think of white beaches, cheap drinks and girls in bikinis. Maybe it’s just that I am doing the work of 4 people lately but more and more I hear from my friends that they are tired of the 8-6 work days and just want to move somewhere warm and teach the tourists how to swim.

What do you do to relax ?

oh and before I forget mom is here visiting so I get home cooked food. Is there anything better than coming home to moms cooking ?

If you’ve wondered why there haven’t been any posts lately it’s because we have had some people leave my company and I’ve had to take on their job. Not as fun as it sounds like. All of this work has lead to me to spend my days dreaming of white beaches in exotic locations which is why I am planning a nice long vacation in Febuary. Cathay-pacific gives you a 21 day all asia pass, I am thinking one week in thailand, one week in the philipines and a third week in ?? Japan ? I’ll have a married friend there but I am not sure she’ll want visitors during her honeymoon. Bali ? Australia/China need an extra 300$ but the rest of asia is basically free. So tell me where else would you go to ?

No I don’t mean books written in Farsi but rather books about Iran and Iranians. There just doesn’t seem to be that many good ones. So far I have read To see And See Again whic is ok, the author seems to want to always keep her distance from the reader but it was still a good read. Then there was Persepolis a really really good graphics novel about the early years of the revolution and war in Iran.
So this morning I started reading Funny in Farsi and 2 hours later I realized I had to get out of bed and make breakfast. It’s full of great stories and witty dry humor which I love. Maybe it’s because the author Firoozeh Dumas has a famous last name. I dunno why but I couldn’t put the book down, it looks like she lives right around the bay area and does a lot of book tours, maybe I could go interview her. In the meantime go out and buy her book. And let me know if you have any book recommendations.