The latest, and thankfully non-fatal, terrorist attack on a Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit has clearly shown that innocent people need not die for terrorists to be successful. This shouldn’t seem so strange given that the objective of terrorism is to terrorise. Like many forms of asymmetric warfare, it acts as a force [...]
Random Thoughts
Learning German Part 2
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Last month, I blogged about my plan to learn German in 2 months. Like any good plan, this one only lasted a few days as exams, work and preparation for moving to Austria got in the way. Now, there is only one week before we fly out and I’ve realized I have done any German [...]
Reminiscing About Our Last Ski Season
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Its almost 4 weeks to go until we move to Austria for the ski season. The last season we did was back in 2001/02 in Garmisch Partenkirchen which was truly magical. So Tina and I were watching youtube clips and reminiscing about ‘good ole times’ when I stumbled upon a clip from the Kandahar Downhill [...]
Learning a New Language in 2 Months
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
In a few weeks time, the family and I are moving overseas to spend 6 months skiing in Austria. While it may seem a little odd (or even scary) to jet off to the other side of the world with a mortgage and 15 month old daughter, the wife and I thought why the hell [...]