Freedom of Speech

If you believe in freedom of speech join 1,000,000 in Support of Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Quit being so serious about your religion. And that applies to everybody. Radical muslims are threatening the creators of South Park because of their portrayal of the prophet Mohammad.

Growing Up Bin Laden

I'm currently reading Growing Up Bin Laden. It's fascinating reading. Omar bin Laden, Osama's fourth child, reveals that his father was always very serious in his demeanor and demanded it of his sons as they were growing up. The senior bin Laden discouraged the drinking of water in an effort to make his sons tough and shunned all modern conveniences, except for cars, especially fast ones. The book is coauthored by Osama's first wife and by Jean Sasson.

Baton Rouge Magnet High: A Trip Down Memory Lane

BRMHS is about undergo renovation and in the process of packing up we are discovering many old treasures and artifacts. This is a page from the 1947 yearbook, The Fricassee. The girl in the upper left hand corner is Pat Boyet, student body president. As near as I can make out, since the photos were not labeled, and going clockwise,  are the photos of Tommy Benton, student VP, Harold Voss and Dick Millican.

My Flickr Page

Check out my Flickr page: Mark Barry' Flickr Page

The German Post Office

I started the blog when I went to Germany in 2007. I haven't posted to it since then, but I plan to post to it on a regular basis. I thought I'd stick with the title. This is the packing label I used to ship souvenirs home instead of carrying them on the plane. The German post office is a branch of the company DHL. The "D" must stand for devil. I love Germany but their post office is satanic. They will give you a tracking number which they swear will allow you to track your package. It never works. The packages arrived in a timely manner, but forget about tracking them.

It's been forever since I've posted to my blog. I going to start to use the blog to make little observations every now and then. By the way, I'm glad spring is here.

Chicago

Well here's what I did with my 10 hour layover, which eventually became a 12 hour layover. I took the blue line into Chicago and walked to Lake Michigan. Then I fould some of that famous Chicago pizza. I was lucky enough to find Pizano's, the place that Oprah mentioned on her show, and it was good.

Leaving

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with a 10 hour layover in Chicago but I'm sure I'll find something to do.

Going Back 2008

Well I'm going back to Germany and I'll try to keep the blog updated while I'm there. I love the german trains.

Ich gehe wieder nach Deutschland und ich versuche dieses Blog auf den neuesten Stand bringen. Ich fahre auf der deutsche Zuge gern.

First full day in Germany and I realized that I had locked up my camera in my backpack with the key to the padlock, but I think I've got it taken care of. I was at he Haupbahnhof (main train station) in Frankfurt when realized what I had done.