chez pim

I've just told some friends

I've just told some friends back home in Thailand about my blogs.

Sawasdee ja to those who've come to check out my page.
Email me and say hi na ja.

Just got a reservation for

Just got a reservation for dinner at the French Laundry. Wahoo!! It's not until March, but hey, it's on a Saturday night.

Really, you wouldn't want to drive all the way back from Yountville to the city after a six-hour, nine-course cuisine extraordinaire.

happy happy happy.

I've always thought cats are

I've always thought cats are kinda spooky. This may be the reason why. It's got to be the most intriguing theory on Schizophrenia I've ever read.

Lingua Franca rocks.

I'm cheering myself up by

I'm cheering myself up by doing something to help those poor souls in India.

so can you.

Where is the world heading?

Where is the world heading? Dubya is running things in the US. Over in the middle east, Ariel Sharon is winning the Israeli election. The man should be hung by his thumbs, not elected to run a country.

Pim is a bit grim today.

Bushism

Read on the BBC site a couple of days ago that some departing Clinton bureaucrats played a prank on the incoming administration. My favorite: they renamed one of the offices "Office of Strategerie":

hmm..this promises to be quite a humoring presidency.

funny

Bush has been inaugurated. He and Cheney are having lunch at a restaurant near the White House.
Cheney orders the "Heart-Healthy" salad.
Bush leans over to the waitress and says "Honey, could I have a quickie?"
She's horrified! She says, "Mr. President, I thought your administration would bring a new era of moral rectitude to the White House. Now I see I was wrong and I'm sorry I voted for you," and she marches off.

Cheney leans over and says "George, it's pronounced 'QUICHE'."

(Thanks to Julian Orr for passing this one along)