Author Archives: Laurence Simon

About Laurence Simon

I'm a thirty-something dataschmuck in Houston, TX. I spend my free time grilling, baking, playing with cats, and trying to invent the Tequila Sunset.

Red on Red

Fateh nearly saved the IDF the cost of a missile Unidentified gunmen opened fire on security vehicles escorting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s convoy through Gaza on Friday, but the Hamas leader was unhurt, officials from the Islamist movement said. … Continue reading

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Gracie update

Just got a call from Meryl… pancreatitis or something like that, Gracie on IV drip for a while. Seven hours since last barf-a-rama, vet says very good outlook, will stay overnight and see from there. Now here’s me talking: see … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Cats #133

Tinker and Harley teamed up to host the Carnival of the Cats this week, and sure enough, they’ve presented an excellent roundup for episode #133 this week. Oh, and the catmodel of the week is… Rafe can be found with … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Cats #132

Okay, so Tigger wouldn’t give up the chair for the Carnival of the Cats, but Pets Garden Blog managed to finish the 132nd episode without a hitch. Oh, and the catmodel of the week is… Begin Each Day with a … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Cats #131

It’s a trip to Europe for the131st episode of the Carnival of the Cats, hosted by the many creatures filling the House of Chaos with furry chaos. Oh, and the catmodel of the week is… Heart may just be a … Continue reading

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The Religion Of… Pipe-bombs?

You just have to love the irony of this: Three small pipe bombs were thrown at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza city Friday, a church official and police said. A church official in Gaza City, Nabil Ayad, said one … Continue reading

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (sadly) live at the UN

Iran’s Madman-In-Chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be speaking at the United Nations shortly. The United Nations streams the annual “debates” at http://www.un.org/webcast/ in RealPlayer format. The text of his speech along with a video clip of his speech will probably be … Continue reading

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Kofi’s Choice

He might think of it as a speech, but I think of it as a confession (PDF format) On one side, supporters of Israel feel it is harshly judged, by standards that are not applied to its enemies, and too … Continue reading

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Whomping On WAFA

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any sillier in Gaza, now the thugs with guns are beating up the thugs with cameras: Gunmen stormed an office of a Palestinian news service under the control of President Mahmoud Abbas on … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Cats #130

I’m back from Tomball just in time to check out Carnival of the Cats #130, hosted by Justin and Bruiser the… dog? That’s right. Dogs. Cats. Even humans. If you’ve got a heart to host, we take all types. Oh, … Continue reading

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Carnival of the Cats #129

Since Meryl asked, The Carnival of the Cats takes a trip over to Begin Each Day As If It Were On Purpose for episode #129. Oh, and the catmodel of the week is… Thanks to Fader77 at Livejournal for sharing … Continue reading

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The next James Bond movie will be called…

The Man With The Plastic Gun: Israeli police commandos stormed the British Embassy late Thursday and captured a Palestinian gunman who had scaled the fence and demanded political asylum. There were no reports of injuries. The gunman, who had burst … Continue reading

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Picking up the spare

If you didn’t read all of the article at AFP whining about the IDf shooting Palestinians while Mahmoud Abbas clutches Kofi Annan’s skirt and begs, you’d have missed this good news: In the occupied West Bank, Hossam Jaradat, the head … Continue reading

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Stranglehold

Not content to kill Lebanese through the willful use of them as human shields in Hezbollah’s war on Israel, Bashar Assad is now strangling their recovery by cutting off electricity: Syria has cited technical problems for its decision to cut … Continue reading

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Maybe someone should start Carnival of the Katsav?

Just when I thought I’d won the Charcoal vs. Gas argument… AP: Israeli president grilled again over sex claims Grilled over sex claims? *sigh* I’m going to need a bigger grill.

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