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So I’m sitting here in the middle east reading countless emails with Happy Holidays in the headers, emails from friends on vacations in tropical places as well as snowed in places all around the world, and emails from family back home.

I cant believe 2009 is coming to an end. Time has flown by. I had a couple vacations to the Philippines to hang out in Boracay and did a good job at keeping a low profile while at work finally.

Effective for 2011, the Obama administration has proposed to increase the income and capital gains tax rates on single individuals with incomes of more than $200,000 and married couples with incomes exceeding $250,000.

This weather sucks….
Ramadi Iraq

My dog Mickey passed away yesterday. He was 10. RIP buddy…… you will be missed.

What really sucks about being in Iraq is when it starts to rain.

I have had wayyy to much time on my hands lately. So I got with Dustin after doing his Boracay DSAT Technical Scuba Diving website (here) and talked to him about doing his regular diveshop website.  So Blue Mango Diveshop got a much needed face-lift and he can do all the updates himself finally. Check [...]

I haven’t seen much of a demand for Tec diving in Boracay, but I think it will be catching on. Nobody has really pushed the envelope on Tec diving there. No real marketing until now. The training environment for SCUBA in Boracay is pretty good. Everything from crystal clear waters to do Open Water in, to strong currents in the drift, wreck diving, or diving down to 50+ meters to do some tec training with 60 meters visibility. A little something for everybody, plus a nightlife.

After a 2 week vacation and another 12 days of extra traveling time, I am back at work. I am so sick of traveling.