Scary:
In a dramatic midnight turnaround, Iraq’s ruling Shia pulled back from threats to force the new constitution through parliament, putting off a vote to buy more time to win over Sunni Arabs who had threatened civil war if it was passed.
Shia and Kurdish leaders had agreed to a draft constitution laying out plans for […]

Thursday July 20, 2000
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I slept in a bit this morning and was really lazy getting ready. I made myself some oatmeal and just dinked around a bit watching TV, writing and whatnot. I was a bit mad at myself because I wasted so much time, but I finally got moving and hit […]

Wednesday July 19, 2000
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It was an amazing change this morning. While it was a wind storm last night once the sun came out it got very still and very hot once again. I woke up roasting in the tent. I was a bit reluctant to put my clothes on this morning […]

Tuesday July 18, 2000
Texas Pictures
In addition to a 20 dollar motel I was also looking for an oil change place yesterday. My poor car no doubt needed one before I left but I forgot. Plus I have driven 3,000 miles already. I made dinner last night right next to a Jiffy Lube […]

Monday July 17, 2000
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Jackie woke me up this morning so I could walk her to work. What sucks about seeing someone briefly in the middle of the summer is that you have to say good bye one more time. Although hard it was much easier this time than in May. Partly […]

Sunday July 16, 2000
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Since I was really tired, we went to sleep early Saturday night.
The plan for today was to go to Galveston and go to the beach there. We wernt and I was finally able to get her in a bathing suit, yea! She wore shorts over her suit though as […]

Day 9 & 10 - Friday July 14 & Saturday July 15, 2000
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Unfortunately Jackie had to go to work today. She asked if she could get off early because I was coming to town. SHe said all her co-workers at the daycare teased her all Thursday for me, hehe. They […]

Thursday July 13, 2000
We were supposed to get up at 9 to get to the 10:30 Imax show, but I woke up a bit earlier. I had wanted to go out to my car and get my journal to write a bit before Jill got up, but they have a security system on the […]

NY Times:

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 15 - Still deadlocked after days of negotiations, Iraq’s leaders decided today to give themselves another week to agree on a new constitution and resolve a series of fundamental disagreements over the future and identity of this fractious land.
Mourners in Baghdad carry the body of Mouhanad Salih, who was killed when […]

Wednesday July 12, 2000
After my two wonderful hours of sleep I got up and fixed myself a bowl of cereal. Then I wrote some in this and hit the road around 9:30. Quite an early start, but I had a whole lot of driving to do today.
And besides a few brief stops, […]