Hyperbole(n.) An exaggeration or extravagant statement used as a figure of speech(Untitled)- July 31, 2003 Kids Suck You know, one of the most annoying things about being a parent is the children. The children are just really super-annoying. Sometimes I just want them to get the hell away from me, pronto. Actually, that&146;s what I want most of the time. &147;Get the hell away from me, kid!&148; That&146;s my motto. I know what you&146;re thinking. How can he say that about his kids Some of you have met my kids, and know that they are superior. So how can I say this Well, it&146;s because I&146;m...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/31.html#a32 (Untitled)- July 30, 2003 I know I just promised to write fewer throwaway pieces, but this is a must see--I was catching up on Talking Points Memo and got referred to this article in the Washington Post--the gist of it being that there is new intelligence suggesting Al Qaeda is planning new hijackings and attacks similar to 9-11. AND, in the article, there is a chunk about how the Department of Homeland Security is cutting back on screeners and air marshals, because they don't have the resources. ...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/30.html#a31 (Untitled)- July 30, 2003 This is Low-Quality Crap! Melissa asked me a really interesting question the other night that I&146;ve been thinking about for a couple days. She was catching up on Hyperbole reading, and she asked whether or not I was happy with how this blog had progressed. I said yes, of course, but she clarified that the structure and writing on the site has changed from its original intent, and was curious about whether it was intentional. Interesting. Back history: Last fall, Doug Hennessee and I, in...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/30.html#a30 (Untitled)- July 29, 2003 Sports Talk For literally no reason that I can possibly describe, I woke up this morning thinking about great sports figures. I love sports, but it&146;s not usually what I think of first. Anyhow, here&146;s the question I found myself asking: If I was to give an athlete of the decade in the major sports, to whom would I give the award Here&146;s how it breaks down, though I am a bit concerned that I&145;ve forgotten proper dates for some of these guys. I also haven&146;t given this enough...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/29.html#a29 (Untitled)- July 29, 2003 Birthday Tribute: Scott Jorgensen I missed a birthday last week, which I think Scott Jorgensen will forgive me for, since we have been in pretty major league transit. But in June I started my Birthday Tributes, and I want to do this one, belatedly. Happy Birthday to Scott, who turned 57 last week. Despite his advancing age, Scott is one of the younger adults that I know. For Scott, an endless pleasure found in monkeys, gizmos, dumb jokes, techno, and GTR demonstrate a prolonged...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/29.html#a28 (Untitled)- July 28, 2003 The first step toward dealing with a problem is acknowledgement of the problem. So here goes. (Deep breath) I am addicted to having household help. There, I said it. Before we left for Tunisia in August 2002, I was struggling with the fact that we were planning on hiring household help. Just about all Americans overseas do this--the help is cheap, it shrinks hassles associated with living overseas, and, using the altruism argument, it gives employment to people who wouldn&146;t make as much--if.http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/28.html#a27 (Untitled)- July 25, 2003 A few thoughts on what&146;s going on here in Dubai. --Yesterday evening we went to a new mall here--there are A LOT of malls in Dubai--that stands out because the façade is constructed to look like an Italian village. There are pillars and houses and all sorts of crap like that all over the outside. We walked in and it was hard to not feel like we were in Vegas, walking into a casino. Sadly, no poker room. Instead, we were greeted by the site of several Emirati men in white dish dash...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/25.html#a26 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Travelin&146; man&133;. Here is my half-assed, short-on-detail journal of our trip to Dubai. I&146;m writing this from our hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, where we&146;re spending the night. We&146;ll be here until 2 PM (German time) tomorrow (Wednesday) and then we arrive in Dubai at 10 PM (Dubai time). We got here around noon after flying all night. Here&146;s how it went: 7:30 PM (Washington time, Monday night)--Check in at airport. No problem. As smooth as things can go with 2 kids and 500...http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/24.html#a24 (Untitled)- July 24, 2003 Here we are in Dubai. We arrived last night (that&146;s yesterday afternoon to most Hyperbole readers--Dubai, during the summer, is 8 hours ahead of EDT), getting to our new house at nearly midnight. Jet lag meant that we were all pretty awake, of course. Tough to get much of a sense of Dubai from the road at night. Melissa and I have been here before with BaseCampScott, but then only for a couple of days en route to Nepal. It seems to live up to the shopping hype, however, insofar as I noticed.http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/24.html#a25 (Untitled)- July 21, 2003 Well, I'd hoped to do some writing today, but we leave in 6 hours and the day has been intolerably crazy. So just a quick note that I'll be out of touch for at least 3 days, basically, but I hope to be online by the end of the weekend. Look for more Hyperbole coming next week from Dubai.http://blogs.salon.com/0001703/2003/07/21.html#a23 |