30 November 2012  Speed blogging      H/T to DL  29 November
2012  The Land Grabbers -- the review
28 November 2012  Off to Asia!  Cornelia and I will be in
Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore for seven
weeks (7 Dec to 29 Jan). During this time, I am going to dial
down the intensity of blogging (e.g., no speed blogging), while
trying to give you some first-hand accounts of life in those
countries.  We've already planned most of our itinerary:
Malaysia: KL to Sarawak to BSB Philippines: Manila and north,
then Negros Indonesia: Bali to Flores, then back to Singapore,
KL and home.  ...but we welcome suggestions on places to go,
people to see and WHAT TO LOOK FOR.  So please leave your
suggestions in the comments or email me.  27 November 2012
Anything but water       26 November 2012  Monday funnies  Not
sure how accurate this is, but it appears to be based on the
fact that horse-fucking is NOT illegal :-\  Thanksgiving for us,
not them  I am in Nicosia (Lefkosia, to