5 November 2007

GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…

2030 by Jeff Hess

I’m doing my best to stay on top of events in Myanmar/Burma and it’s not surprising that the best sources are not inside the United States. I’m reading The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC, Irrawaddy, New Mandala and the Asia Times. I’ll daily post a digest of headlines from stories I just couldn’t get to.

Today’s batch includes:

With refugees on the Burma border, a refreshing bath and fresh
Lipman plays defiant tune with Burma piano
It only hurts when we laugh: Burma’s big gag
Unconventional wisdom on Burma
Flow-on effect for Burma
Unrest deters visits to Burma
Time for new tactics with Burma
UN envoy tries to set up Burma dialogue
Internet access in Burma severely limited
India’s foreign policy pragmatism
In a first, MEA to be involved in North-East growth
UN envoy meets Myanmar general
British well-wishers plan to send piano to Suu Kyi
MFA responds to letter from Myanmar’s pro-democracy group
Hong Kong Airline Begins Myanmar Flights
LETTER FROM AMERICA

Video Dateline: Myanmar:

And from the blogosphere:

Opium farming in Burma on the rise
Beijing Olympic Boycott Over Burma Will Only Alienate Chinese
What Burma’s Junta Must Fear
Envoy holds talks with Burma generals
A Message from Myanmar – Bangkok, New Mexico, United States
UN Envoy Begins Discussions With Senior Myanmar Officials
US slams Myanmar’s expulsion of diplomat
UN envoy in Myanmar meets Suu Kyi liaison

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5 November 2007

MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…

1400 by Jeff Hess

I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is The Scariest Thing I Have Ever Seen.

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5 November 2007

FROM THE SANDBOX…

1200 by Jeff Hess

Kevin: Since nothing much is going on, I decided to write about what us Taji-confined soldiers truly cherish most: the Dining Facility (DFAC, Armyspeak for mess hall). Conveniently situated only one mile from our living area, the DFAC is well worth the trudge through the heat, dusty parking lots, and PortaPotty-induced olfactory horrors that make Camp Taji…

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5 November 2007

FROM MY DAD…

0800 by Jeff Hess

I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.

A young guy from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job. The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?”

The kid says, “Yeah.I was a salesman back in Minnesota.” Well, the boss liked the kid and gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.” His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it.

After the store was locked up, the boss came down. “How many customers bought something from you today?” The kid says, “One.” The boss says, “Just one? Our sales people average 20 to 30 customers a day.

How much was the sale for?”

The kid says “$101,237.65.”

The boss says “$101,237.65? What the heck did you sell?”

The kid says, “First, I sold him a small fishhook. Then I sold him a medium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fishhook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod.

Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft.

Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4×4 Expedition.”

The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fishhook, and you sold him a boat and a truck?”

The kid said, “No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and I said, ‘Dude, your weekend’s shot, you should go fishing.”

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5 November 2007

FROM MY CHAPBOOK…

0400 by Jeff Hess

My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.

This is a passage I copied from Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the border between science and spirituality by John Horgan.

“Smith recalled that his old friend Joseph Campbell, when asked what his “yoga” was, had mentioned three things: rare roast beef, good Irish whiskey and forty-four laps I the pool everyday.” p. 19

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5 November 2007

TIME POWER: TODAY…

0001 by Jeff Hess

Today, as I go about my tasks, I’ll think about: As you proceed to manage your day, you will discover two essentials for managing it well: a period of solitude for planning and a set of guidelines to make your planning fruitful. p. 67

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4 November 2007

GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…

2030 by Jeff Hess

I’m doing my best to stay on top of events in Myanmar/Burma and it’s not surprising that the best sources are not inside the United States. I’m reading The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC, Irrawaddy, New Mandala and the Asia Times. I’ll daily post a digest of headlines from stories I just couldn’t get to.

Today’s batch includes:

UN envoy in Myanmar for talks
UN Envoy Returns To Myanmar For Talks
A Modern Buddhist Uprising Strikes a Quieter Chord
US slams Myanmar’s expulsion of diplomat
What Burma’s Junta Must Fear
Burma Receives One UN Envoy, Expels Another
Opium farming in Burma on the rise
Ban Ki-moon, ASEAN support UN head in Burma
UN man back to Burma as monks march
Burma: Another “technical incident” shuts down Internet again

Video Dateline: Myanmar:

And from the blogosphere:

Myanmar now recruiting 10 year old kids
UN envoy returns to Myanmar
Myanmar Junta Orders Top UN Official in the Country to Leave
Burma – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burma Update: November 3, 2007
Burma on 1st and 3rd of November 2007
Gambari back in Burma
Irrawaddy: Burma threatens to expel top UN representative

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4 November 2007

MY COMMENTS…

1518 by Jeff Hess

Part of being a good citizen of the blogosphere is visiting, reading and, most importantly, taking the time to leave a comment on other’s blogs. It’s all about the conversation. In the interest of setting an example I’ve decided to link to those blog posts that have compelled me to leave a comment.

1314 …Ted Diadiun, gives… inaccurate version of Wide Open demise

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4 November 2007

MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…

1400 by Jeff Hess

I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is I drew one of these too.

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4 November 2007

FROM THE SANDBOX…

1200 by Jeff Hess

Unlikely Soldier: It was yet another boring horrible mind numbing monotonous nauseating suckfest of a day, repetitive and relentless with more than a dash of dull. I was sitting in the back of the Stryker, looking at my assault pack, holding my radio with a complete and absolute disdain that would melt the face off of any average Hot Topic goth wannabe. Being that…

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4 November 2007

AND I THOUGHT I HAD A COFFEE JONES…

0838 by Jeff Hess

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4 November 2007

FROM MY DAD…

0800 by Jeff Hess

I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.

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4 November 2007

FROM MY CHAPBOOK…

0400 by Jeff Hess

My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.

This is a passage I copied from Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the border between science and spirituality by John Horgan.

“Bill Moyers… produced a five-part series of interview with Smith, broadcast in 1996 as The Wisdom of Faith with Huston Smith.” p. 18

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4 November 2007

TIME POWER: TODAY…

0001 by Jeff Hess

Today, as I go about my tasks, I’ll think about: As you proceed to manage your day, you will discover two essentials for managing it well: a period of solitude for planning and a set of guidelines to make your planning fruitful. p. 67

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3 November 2007

GOOD MORNING MYANMAR…

2030 by Jeff Hess

I’m doing my best to stay on top of events in Myanmar/Burma and it’s not surprising that the best sources are not inside the United States. I’m reading The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC, Irrawaddy, New Mandala and the Asia Times. I’ll daily post a digest of headlines from stories I just couldn’t get to.

Today’s batch includes:

Nasty, brutish and short
Burma expels top UN diplomat
Burma struggles to make ends meet
Burma’s Government Forcing UN Official to Leave Country
Army buys and trains kids to fight for Myanmar
Myanmar pro-democracy leader says opposition flourishes
Myanmar to kick out top UN official
in Hind sight: Myanmar shells its people
US calls Myanmar expulsion of UN representative outrageous
Myanmar dissidents petition ASEAN
Myanmar must end human rights abuses: HRW
Gambari expected to make progress on Myanmar: George Yeo
Myanmar’s junta seeks departure of top UN representative in country
Red Cross asks for access to detainees in Myanmar

Video Dateline: Myanmar:

And from the blogosphere:

Internet once again out in Burma
A Keyhole into Burma – The ass-poundingest transport on Earth
Top UN official ejected from Burma
Special Report: Burma’s Long Road to Democracy
Independent Long Island (ILI) declares war on Myanmar
Myanmar’s junta seeks departure of top UN representative in country
Myanmar a victim of insecure rulers
Myanmar group’s plea to PM Lee for help

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3 November 2007

MUCKING OUT THE BLOGPILE…

1400 by Jeff Hess

I’m constantly tossing interesting websites into what I call my blogpile. Some of them find their way here in the form of regular posts, but more often than not they languish and get buried deeper in the pile. The end result is that I have to go back and do a bit of shoveling. Today’s item is The Myth of the Teen Brain.

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3 November 2007

FROM THE SANDBOX…

1200 by Jeff Hess

Alex Horton: Lauren told me recently, “You’re the most sentimental person I know.” If you’re one of the faithful few that have read my blog in its entirety, you’re most likely to agree with her. I’m a sucker for milestones. I wrote about how it felt to be exactly one year away from getting out of the Army, and a fictitious account about coming home the day…

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3 November 2007

FROM MY DAD…

0800 by Jeff Hess

I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.

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3 November 2007

FROM MY CHAPBOOK…

0400 by Jeff Hess

My name is Jeff Hess and I’m a biblioholic. I own hundreds of books. Not valuable books, mostly Science Fiction paperbacks and text books, tomes rescued by the bag from library book sales. A few years ago, in the interest of not burying myself, I began reading more books from the library and taking notes. My electronic chapbook was born.

This is a passage I copied from Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the border between science and spirituality by John Horgan.

Huston Smith argues that “all religions agree on three fundamental tenets: first, reality is more unified than it appears; [second] reality is better than it ordinarily seems to us; and third, reality is more mysterious than it looks. These are the central insights of the perennial philosophy…” p. 18

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3 November 2007

TIME POWER: TODAY…

0001 by Jeff Hess

Today, as I go about my tasks, I’ll think about: In practice, urgent trivialities often supersede carefully prepared goals. p. 65

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