Did I mention this the other day? We have reached the time of year when we don’t really look at the weather report anymore. It’s just going to be degrees of “really hot.” Don’t need some national weather service for that. Hey, the high today, 104. Down from 106. That changes how I will approach […]

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Time for a list! I didn’t do a survey on this. This is a hunch sorta thing. Who are the 10 best-known active American athletes in … the United Arab Emirates? Who travels? Who rates? Who stirs interest? Who plays a sport that a country that is mostly Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs, Filipinos and Britons (in […]

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Give me another six months, and I’ll come up with 10 more. 10. Indian food. India has 1.1 billion people. It has all sorts of cuisine. I do believe we have ’em all here, somewhere in town. Indian has replaced Mexican, in my universe. 9. Trash removal. Garbage. Rubbish, as the Brits would say. Every […]

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What’s hot in sports, right now, on the shores of the Arabian Gulf? I knew you were dying to know. And that is where this list comes in. This is a purely subjective list … based on following media coverage here in the United Arab Emirates, and on conversations with local residents (as well as […]

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A reality of blogging: It’s bloody difficult to do one item a day, every day, for two blogs. And hold a full-time job. Try it sometime, and a year later let me know how it’s going. The second blog is my quixotic World Cup Countdown blog. And part of that deal is a promise to […]

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I mentioned in the item about the Kindle a few days ago that I twice had failed to finish the book Dune. Which astonished one of our readers, because he loves Dune, as does his son. But I haven’t finished all sorts of book. In fact, the books I began but didn’t finish … might […]

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Due to popular demand … well, one of you asked … a list of 10 ideas/concepts/events I like about living in Abu Dhabi: (And I also get to do a list, and everyone likes lists.)

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I’m going to do the math. I’ve been out of the United States for … hold on … for 128 days now. My longest consecutive stretch, eclipsing the 120 (or thereabouts) I spent in and around Hong Kong in 2008-09. No, not a significant stretch for veteran expats, or career diplomats or military people based […]

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1. You can go weeks without seeing a dog.

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I may have mentioned some or all of this already, on the blog. But I feel like doing a list. Just cuz. So, 10 random facts about Abu Dhabi and/or the United Arab Emirates.

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