Every Friday is Surf and Turf. I happily partake of lobster and steak. I'm sure I will have gobbled up more lobster during my stay here than I did previously in my life. One of the guys I work with has now been in the desert for just shy of two years. He's adamant he may no longer eat steak or lobster for the remainder of his life. He's tired of it. He said he got tired of it about 4 months ago. I'm only supposed to be here for one year. Using his tolerance level as a possible barometer for my own (which I know is unscientific)I should be safe by about 8 months. For the sake of diversity and just to prove I can deny myself I may skip the surf and turf occasionally.
Concerts occur here very frequently and there is always a meet and greet afterward. I really appreciate the people coming out here to perform. So far I've been to a "former-lead-singer" of the Spin Doctors concert and an Uncle Kracker concert. The Spin Doctors sang "Little Miss" and "Two Princes". I remember 1993 where these guys were all over cable and you hear cars driving down the road playing their music. Pretty cool. As far as Uncle Kracker goes . . . I'd heard of him, but wasn't sure what he sang. I thought it was awesome he opened with the old John Anderson song "Swinging". I'm an old country fan so, when he sang "The Gambler" I was sold. After the concert we arm wrestled.
In another picture I have the "Victory over the United States and Great Brittain" palace. Originally, this was the "Victory of Iran" palace, but after the first Gulf War the name changed. Saddam Hussein was in the middle of constructing this palace until the U.S. came in, 2003. So the Victory over the United States was never completed. The cranes remain standing as they did in 2003. In Saddam's eyes and the eyes of his "constituants" the fact that he was still alive after the first Gulf War was a victory. Every nook and cranny of this place has a pretty interesting story.
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