Today, I ordered a new satellite system from
Rapid Satellite after hemming and hawing and researching and procrastinating for the better part of this year. It should all get installed in about 10 days to 2 weeks. I’ll let you know more when it gets in.
And if you’d like to order from them as well, use Promo Code 4100…I signed up for their referral program (kinda like a legitimate kickback scheme 😉 ).
…I have got to go to bed much earlier every other Monday night, or I’ve got to call and reschedule the cleaning crew for later in the day.
With the DNA-confirmed capture of Saddam Hussein, things look much brighter for a decrease in the level of violence, more assistance from the rest of the world, and the chance to establish the Arab world’s first democracy.
This past summer at the Hot Springs Music Festival, Nikolai taught Sarah, Elaine, Janina, Jaimie, and myself (amont others) how to play the Russian card game Durak (“Stupid”). This is a game that you don’t play so much to win, but just not to lose. It was so fun that I stayed up til 2am the last night I was there playing, even though I had to leave at 6am to drive back to Houston in time for a 2pm rehearsal for Princess Ida. At any rate, I tried to remember the rules the other night, but failed. Luckily, Google to the rescue!
I first learned about the game of booray (or boo-ray or bour?) from one of my poker buddies at the LBJ School. Unfortuantely, Mike couldn’t remember how to actually play this game from the lands across the Sabine (that’s Cajun Louisiana to those of you not from East Texas). Thought of it again while whiling away the time with cards before Andrea’s concert this past Tuesday with Elizabeth and AC, and finally got around to googling it today.
The most straightforward entry was from the Wikipedia, but the explanation I enjoyed reading the most was from The Nexus Project.
Now, I just need to find some folks to play with and some time to play.