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Vice Consul: June 2007
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Monday, June 25, 2007. Some friends and I went to one of India's best wildlife preservation areas, called Ranthambore. It's in Rajasthan, south of Jaipur. But on our last trip into the park, we got incredibly lucky. Not only was it peacock mating season (I have never seen so many peacocks strutting their stuff - perhaps 50 males dancing and folding and unfolding their tails) and not only was it a beautiful day in an open forest studded with Mughal ruins, but we saw four tigers! Was the immediate question.
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Vice Consul: April 2006
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006. So I hit a peacock on the way to work today. Yeah, the national bird of India. My bad. But really, it hit me. I mean man, that thing can move. I swerved. I swerved into the oncoming traffic. But yeah, I bumped it. There was an explosion of feathers and one very surprised looking peacock suddenly going the other direction. And it flew! So perhaps it wasn't "bumped" too badly. I'm sure it's in shock somewhere today, telling a very different story to all its bird friends. Last weeke...
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Vice Consul: July 2006
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Thursday, July 13, 2006. Thanks for all the nice messages. I am doing well, albeit busy, and feeling slightly cagey but also a little disconnected from everything that happened in Mumbai. Is this about Kashmir, is it some extreme Islamic critique of pluralism (aka ungodliness I suppose)? And do "they" really think that bombing innocent people on trains is going to advance their cause? Better deaths than the "wrong" peace. I hope it doesn't work. India has a long way to go to creating a truly harm...I hop...
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Vice Consul: December 2005
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Saturday, December 31, 2005. A Note From Work. Without going into details, suffice it to say that there were many reasons to suspect fraud in her case. But lo and behold today she showed up again, still silent, still crying, and with much more detailed paperwork from the hospital. It was very sad to read about her mother's condition in the report, but it seemed. Here's the best/worst part. Her brother (or cousin? In talking to colleagues, there were many suggestions (Call the hospital! Links to this post.
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Vice Consul: June 2006
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Monday, June 19, 2006. Is a better word. Whatever it was, it was chilling. I started asking myself, aren't all creatures good? Could these wasps actually want to hurt little old me? Araucana filled me in on the true nature of wasps. The answer was yes. Yes, they could and would hurt me. Why? Because wasps are mean! So the nest grew, and I let it grow. The horror of it all. But then it happened! Well, maybe not completely destroyed, but significantly reduced. What had happened? To be a test case in its ne...
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Vice Consul: January 2006
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Sunday, January 29, 2006. It is December in Wicklow:. Alders dripping, birches. Inheriting the last light,. The ash tree cold to look at. A comet that was lost. Should be visible at sunset,. Those million tons of light. Like a glimmer of haws and rose-hips,. And I sometimes see a falling star. If I could come on meteorite! Instead, I walk through damp leaves,. Husks, the spent flukes of autumn,. On some muddy compound,. His gift like a slingstone. Whirled for the desperate. How did I end up like this?
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Vice Consul: February 2006
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006. When I was growing up, I somehow managed to watch a fair amount of boxing, much of it with my father. I have his general preference for middleweights over heavyweights, for example. But most people turn out for the heavyweight fights. Which class is better, now that's the question. Are you ok with swagger? Are you maybe thinking "Talk to me Goose! Yes, baby, top gun. Top Gun! What are these guys' nicknames? Pull over so I can take a picture of that ad.". Ok, they're not doing ...
