http://greatdiversions.com Interesting sights along the road of life. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:01:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can see, I've decided to tinker with the site a bit. I like this new theme and layout quite a bit, but I'm going to continue to customize it over the next few weeks so expect some changes and the occasional hic-up. I also upgraded to the newest ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/07/24/tinkering/ I went and promised more regular entries and then proceeded to go silent for several days. I'm kind of a jerk that way. I had a good reason though. I went out of town to do a little traveling with the wife and her visiting parents. We decided to go ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/07/23/weekend-getaway/ This week I was the volunteer to assist in the classified pouch run. Every so often the embassy sends and receives a batch of classified material. This requires some American officers with security clearances to go out to the airport and meet with a Diplomatic Courier who arrives with the ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/07/18/frequent-flyers/ I've decided to give blogging another shot. I guess I just got burned out for a while. My wife says I've been over thinking it and that I should feel free to post any junk that comes to mind without worry about quality (sort of like Fox News.) Also, I'm down ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/07/17/back-in-the-saddle/ At a McDonalds in Kyiv. Conversation is in Russian which somehow makes it funnier. Young Man looking at the McDonalds menu board: What is the McFresh? McDonalds Pimple-Faced Cashier: It is our new sandwich. Young Man: Mmm...I'll have a double McFresh. http://greatdiversions.com/2008/07/16/overheard/ My crazy wife has tried to convince me that this sad blog still has readers and they are desperate for information on the happenings of my life. There is only one big thing to announce really and that is our next assignment. We're going to anti-Ukraine. We're going to Nassau, Bahamas ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/03/13/lifes-a-beach/ We received our bid list last week. For those of you not up with Foreign Service lingo, the bid list is the list of job assignments available to me for my onward post. Although the list has about 400 different jobs around the world, because of many different limitations, there ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/01/27/where-to-go/ There is something inherently wrong with living some place where you need to feel grateful when the temperature finally surpasses the freezing mark. After about two weeks of temperatures hovering between 10F and 17F, we're finally to the point where my dog's pee doesn't instantly freeze into a yellow puddle ... http://greatdiversions.com/2008/01/14/weathering-the-weather/