by Rupe | Jan 31, 2004 | Mad Musings
Long ass day – chasing friggin’ D’s. Well, you really don’t want to know what the heck Ds are – suffice to say it was a really…really long day.
I have a throbbing headache right now too – lack of sleep and improper eating…not to mention working out schedule. Tomorrow starts the Month of Feburary, the month I will get on the roll and get back in top shape. I know I said that earlier this month, but now I have to force myself to do some of the unpleasantries…
Anyway, I just got to center and I am starving so let me go eat…..Adios!
By the way if anyone is looking for James Brown – I heard he is doing time for beating his female – aint that some shizzile….James in the “Big House” with a perm….oyay! go ahead JB with yo bad self.
Now bubba will be beating up on you….
by Rupe | Jan 30, 2004 | Mad Musings
Absolutely wrong – can’t believe I did not talk to my blog in the last couple of days. Blog, am sorry, I have transgressed against you….can you forgive? Well, if I may explain – I have been on the press for the last 2 days so that should explain it.
At any rate, I have one more day and then the schedule flips – night push for an entire month. Must keep positive and push thru this.
Lots of big busy stuff lay ahead. Pretty exciting, but at the same time a bit depressing. Well, what’s a man to do….just keep pressing that’s all.
Adios!
by Rupe | Jan 25, 2004 | Mad Musings, what the...?
by Rupe | Jan 25, 2004 | Not So Recent Reads
Author: Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. and William D. Danko, Ph.D.
Date: 25-Jan-2004
Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? How do they invest? How did they get rich? Can you ever become one of them? Get the answers in The Millionaire Next Door, the never-before-told story about wealth in America. You’ll be surprised by what you find out.
My thoughts: Very interesting read. Really see some similarities in my life with this, in terms of frugality and drive. Hopefully there is a millionaire in my future too…smile! – will let you know..
by Rupe | Jan 25, 2004 | Not So Recent Reads
Author: Peter L. Bergen
Date: 25-Jan-2004
On September 11, 2001, the world in which we live was changed forever. The assault on the World Trade Center was the most sophisticated and horrifying in a series of operations masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group – an organization that CNN’s terrorism analyst Peter Bergen calls Holy War, Inc. One of only a handful of journalists to have interviewed the world’s most wanted man face to face, Bergen explains the Jihadist network that operates globally and in secrecy.
Immense in scope and unnerving in its findings, Holy War, Inc. reveals:
How bin Laden lives, travels, and communicates with his “cells.”
How the CIA ended up funding – to the tune of three billion dollars – radical, anti-American Afghan groups allied to bin Laden.
How the attacks that foreshadowed the destruction of the World Trade Center – among them the bombings of the American embassies in Africa and the warship USS Cole in Yemen – were planned and executed.
What we can expect from Islamic extremists in the future.
Holy War, Inc. helps us to see bin Laden’s organization as a veritable corporation that has exploited 21st century communications and weapons technologies in the service of a medieval reading of the Koran and holy war. This is essential listening for anyone trying to understand the militant Islamist movements that could determine the fate of governments – and human lives – the world over.
My Thoughts:Pretty insightful read. The author had pretty good inside access to Bin Laden which makes it pretty intresting.
