Michael Yon reporting from Afghanistan had the following entertaining observations to make on the Lithuanian Special Forces troops who are part of the NATO forces giving the U.S. assistance.
“U.S. and Afghan soldiers in Zabul Province give high marks to the Lithuanian Special Forces, who like to ride these captured Taliban motorbikes to sneak up on, and chase Taliban fighters.… read more “Lithuanian Loonies”
My friend Nicole got stabbed in the eye by Nick’s African spear. Don’t ask.
I spotted an article on the Discovery Channel’s website today titled “Semen Quality linked to Intelligence”.‚ The article went on to say that “Past studies have linked an individual’s intelligence to his or her height, cardiovascular function and longevity, but now a new study suggests semen quality may be added to that list, since it also appears to help predict the level of a man’s intelligence.”
Random pictures of me and some friends from the Frontier Room in Seattle
I have recently reached some milestone’s in my blog writing and would like to share them:
I have debated going back through some of my old blog posts and editing them and cleaning them up, but I am not sure if I should do that or not.‚ … read more “joelx.com Stats of Note”
Went down for Thanksgiving to my grandma (bestemor)’s house.‚ Had a great meal and enjoyed seeing my family.
My boss getting his Hitler on…
Plato and I stopped by to visit the Fremont Troll after our Monday night dinner last week.
Drove home from the Christmas cocktail party I attended last night through a (Seattle) blizzard.‚ It hardly ever snows in the actual city area of Seattle since there is two large bodies of water on either side of it- Lake Union and the Sound.‚ However, last night the hosts of the Christmas party, Kyle & Jen Kingma got their wish for a white christmas.‚ … read more “Holiday Party Gets White Christmas”
The NYTimes has released an article detailing the current short supply of doctors and the coming shortage of primary care physicians that is greatly contributing to the rising cost of health care.
Healthcare costs are so high because the American Medical Association, as Thomas Keynes (famous economist) put it, “The most powerful trade union in the history of man.”… read more “Shortage of Doctors Raising Cost of Health Care”