snowmiser

ah, ho chi minh city. one of my favorite places. 78 degrees, lots of tacky christmas crap everywhere, and got to hang out with a very cool old friend. this is as good as it gets in life.......

three days from now i will be back in the US getting ready to cook for 50+ people on christmas.......i get confused which is work and which...
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made it out of saudi arabia in one piece -- now my holiday tour of questionable governments continues with.....viet nam......

its funny when i travel, pretty much everyone i meet asks me "what is wrong with the US people? why are they so crazy....." when a guy in Ryiadh -- where the government chops of your hand for possession of pornography -- is asking you...
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because nothing says "happy holidays" like a trip to saudi arabia.....needless to say you won't be hearing from me for a few days. i like SG, but its not worth losing your head over (literally or figuratively).....

if i don't post something by next thursday send in the seals....

i have a seven-year-old kid. when i picked him up from school today he asked if we could go to Red Lobster for dinner. there is no place on this earth i hate more than Red Lobster. worse even than mcdonalds.

but you can bet your ass that we are going to Red Lobster right now. and i'm as happy as can be.

that's all...
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well, tomorrow i'm off to saudi arabia. or as i call it, "my own personal bettie ford clinic.".....of course i'll only be there for a grand total of 7 hours, but hey -- that shit is traumatic.....

i love penn and teller. and this is still their best bit...

so five minutes of driving and my rental car radiator exploded, sending noxious brown liquid spilling all over the place and plumes of smoke flying. the crack national rental car tow truck showed up 3 hours later and hauled it away. the lesson -- don't buy a Focus........

heading to DC. there will be drunken tomfoolery.......