Archive for 2004
Saturday, December 25th, 2004
December 25, 2004
It took some time to get our tree this year. We had a couple of abortive attempts, but one or the other of us was just not in the mood.
Finally, a few weeks ago, we made the trek down to Home Depot and almost immediately found a beautiful ...
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Saturday, November 20th, 2004
Please see the PDF document at:
http://www.hackneys.com/docs/MalcolmSmith-2004-Baja-1k-06.pdf
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2004
5 October, 2004
I was watching the GPS count down the kilometers.
We were riding down a dirt road on the outskirts of
Beijing. It was a rough track, full of potholes, but lined with twin columns of trees, like most of the roads in
China.
The GPS said we were only about five kilometers ...
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Monday, October 4th, 2004
What’s to Fear?
I’ve met few Americans and practically no Europeans who have any big concerns about
China.
Americans are generally much more concerned about procuring another credit card so they can go buy more stuff than they are about what is happening out in the world, especially with a country so far ...
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2004
3 October 2004
“Fire in the Hole!”
I screamed it before I consciously thought about it.
To my right, Dennis, who tells horrific, blood curdling tales of blasting deep in the mines of
Colorado, reacted as if he’d kissed the bare leads of a 240 volt extension cord. His head swiveled towards the ...
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2004
Japan and the bomb.
Please see the PDF document at:
http://www.hackneys.com/travel/japan/09-The-Greatest-Gift-12.pdf
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Tuesday, September 7th, 2004
7 September 2004
Japan is dying.
Japan, a nation that has existed for thousands of years, a nation that has the world’s most developed infrastructure, a nation that has the world’s most rigorous academic system, a nation with the world’s second largest economy, a nation with the world’s fourth largest military spending, ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004
Turkey's efforts to join the EU:
http://www.hackneys.com/travel/Turkey/15-The-Empty-Corner-15.pdf
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004
June 23, 2004
I just read the newspaper for the first time in over six weeks.
That may not seem like too big of a deal, but I’ve been reading the paper every day there wasone available since I started my first paper route when I was 10. That’s 37 years of ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
June 22, 2004
America knows no tribe.
This fact was first brought to light for me by a Sikkimese businessman during a three hourinterview I conducted with him on our trip to
South Asia earlier this year.
We had a wide ranging discussion of South Asian politics, cultural dynamics and geopolitics.Having spent eight years ...
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