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Monday, July 26, 2010

The Zoo in Cairo: A Photo Essay

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For extra fun today, Gilgamesh and I headed towards Cairo University to take in the Giza Zoo . We knew to ignore the negative comments on ...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Egypt

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The internets was down the last time I had a day off from excavating in Jordan, so I'll do a weeks 3-4 post about Barqa later when it al...
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Monday, July 05, 2010

Barqa Week Two

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The second week of excavations in the Barqa region are in the bag. My area is working on a large Iron Age II house and last week we started ...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

First Week At Barqa

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We just completed our first week of excavations in the Barqa region of southern Jordan. My team of seven volunteers is working on an Iron Ag...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Social Networking Freaks Gilgamesh Out in the Holy Land

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Our five days in Israel are winding down, as we head to Jordan tomorrow morning. One interesting thing that I've noticed is that because...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

One of My Favorite Places

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Today I had the great privilege of taking Gilgamesh to one of my favorite places on earth. We went to al Haram al-Sharif, which translates ...
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Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Barqa Bound

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This summer Gilgamesh and I will be traveling to southern Jordan where we'll be excavating a large Iron Age structure in the Barqa/Feina...
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Friday, June 04, 2010

Another Katrina/BP Oil Spill Connection

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It seems we only work on fixing disasters when the press is taking pictures. On September 2, 2005, Senator Mary Landrieu accompanied Preside...
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

19 Years of Marriage

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Today is the first day of Hurricane Season. It is also my wedding anniversary. Therese and I got married on June 1, 1991 in Omaha Nebraska. ...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

Legitimate Claims of Pessimism

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They're calling this the "Summer of Oil." I'm confident about two very depressing things: 1. A hurricane is going to throw...