Sandfog, Blackouts, Locust, and the letter “B”

The above describes my ‘Sunday’ (Saturday here due to the fact on the Islamic calendar, Friday is the ‘gathering day’ when Muslims gather at the mosque at noon, and Saturday is the sabbath / rest day.  Still getting used to that – most notably on Thursdays which mark the start of the weekend.  OK, sort of like college… but without the quarter tappers at Schooners.

Sandfog – woke up and started my commute and it was foggy out.  Not pea soup, but definitely a fog.  It is sand – am guessing from sand storms in nearby Saudi Arabia (or Iran).  It is NOT sand like beach sand – more like talc – very very fine.   No issues breathing, only rarely did I get a taste of sand, just different.  It did cause me to cancel my morning jog and instead I hit the treadmill in the gym.  There is a nice jogging path over a large bridge which gives an excellent view of the harbor – wanted to see the aircraft carrier which pulled in yesterday.  Maybe tomorrow.

Blackout - went in to work (we work 7 days a week, though not necessarily full days on weekends) and shortly thereafter the power went out.  It was scheduled – sort of –and since it is sort of hard to do work on a computer without electricity, I opted to take the rest of the day off.

Locust  - carrier and support ships in town –> thousands of sailors expected to hit the base / town for some liberty.  Do not want to be around for that.  Expect the shops on base to be cleaned out, so I stocked up on everything I need this morning.

Letter ‘B’ – I listen to the iPod on the ‘commute’ to work, and normally listen to new stuff. (Kim D – I even downloaded a Keith Urban song).  However, today I gave Katy, Nickelback, Green Day, et al a rest and picked some oldies – Bruce Springsteen (Tunnel of Love album) on the way in and the Beatles (Abbey Road, Revolver, and Magical Mystery Tour) on the way home.  The iPod was nice to me on the way home - Abbey Road is not an album that shuffles well – and picked some good, upbeat stuff.  ‘Good Day Sunshine’ came on and it was the perfect song, and I was bopping down Juffair Ave grinning like an idiot.

Finally, am trying to take that goofy ‘Adult’ warning off the page.  However, my browser is too smart for its own good and assumes that since my ISP is in Bahrain, I can read Arabic…  this is what I see…

تحذير بشأن المحتوى

قد تحتوي المدونة التي توشك على عرضها على محتوى يناسب البالغين فقط. بصفة عامة، لا تقوم شركة Google بمراجعة ولا اعتماد محتوى هذه المدونة أو أية مدونة أخرى. للحصول على مزيد من المعلومات حول سياسات المحتوى، يرجى الاطلاع على بنود الخدمة الخاصة بـ Blogger

Not for most sites – but all of the instructions on Blogger are in Arabic.  I have not tried that hard to fix it yet..

OK – enough of my rants – expect to have some more interesting stuff to post soon – will spare you the details of life in Bahrain for a while.