His cigarette had gone out, and he laid it carefully on the edge of the table. He would finish smoking it after work, if he could keep the tobacco in it. Quite likely the person at the next table was a spy of the Thought Police, and quite likely he would be in the cellars of the Ministry of Love within three days, but a cigarette end must not be ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day and it snowed today! This place hasn't given me snow for decades! It was either ice or hail.

The mountains look beautiful.

I can't wait to go back home. I am so ready to leave behind all the schoolwork and the hassle of deadlines. I am ready to leave this town.

I know I have to be back in three months....but I don't want to think about that right now.

On November 5, 2006, Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity in ordering the deaths of 148 Shi'ite villagers in the town of Dujail in 1982 and sentenced to death by hanging. His half brother and the judge at the trial of the original case in 1982 were also convicted of similar charges. When the judge announced the verdict, Saddam ( Read more... )