Thursday, December 31, 2009

Top Ten Years of the Decade

Judging by government and public policy:
  • 2000
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2003
  • 2004

Monday, December 21, 2009

Torches Are Good Too, Though

Is it just me, or are at least two guys in this Nepalese mob wearing The North Face brand coats?

If there's a better way to identify yourself as a Nepalese Maoist -- and simultaneously as a rich and fussy outdoorsman -- than by wearing a coat named after the Chinese side of Nepal's most famous mountain, I don't know what it is.