The 1981 movie, “Neighbors” is the story of one man’s quiet suburban life which takes a sickening lurch for the worse when a young couple move into[…]
Mr. Musk. You are a risk-taker and a visionary. You are a talented team-builder. Are you ready for a new challenge? I know you’re working on mining[…]
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In Uzbekistan, they celebrated several different new year events. I wish I’d been warned about one in particular. I was at the apartment alone one night, when[…]
Oh, I forgot one story about my first trip to Uzbekistan. My roomie and I had an ongoing contest. It was to find the weirdest thing in[…]
The Muruntau gold deposit is in the Kyzyl Kum Desert of Uzbekistan. It is being mined in the world’s largest open-pit gold mine with production of about[…]
The Bureau had some real characters. One such character was Iggy. Iggy was a Slovak, and he loved to regale us with his stories. One story involved[…]
Okay, now back to the story. It’s the story of my first job after college, remember? When I left college to work for the Bureau, I was[…]