O.W.

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Sometimes I wish Operation Sealion had been given the go-ahead. And that it had succeeded at least a little bit.


Operation Sealion, or Operation Stop the Fucking Chavs and Drunk Britishers Before they Exist

Important 2009 recap coming soon. Now to walk the dog in the -20ish feeling weather.

Let's write out what I did in 2009:

Lauren appears into my life with a vengeance.
Many trips to Austin/San Antonio/Denton.
Mizuumi-Con - 1-day con, many days of hard work.
Convention tour circuit all around Texas.
Lauren spends the summer at my place.
Nerdapalooza, 3 days of pure win.
San Japan 2.x - Went smoooooth.
Started work on San Japan :3, becoming massive.
Nerd Invasion/NerdPOW roadtrips.
Left Austin after 20 years.
Hello Denton, starting a new chapter.
See folks for X-mas with Lauren.

The '00 decade was the decade that I finally grew up, especially in the later half of the decade. Okay, I didn't really grow up too much but enough to be beyond 12 years old. This decade, I foresee a lot of life experiences, good and bad. I got kicked in the butt with a fair-amount of those life experiences of all kind in '00 and many of them is what I needed to be where I am now. Lessons learned. Doors opened. Followed them through. Now, I'm cashing in a few of my instant karma chips to hope for a lot of good.

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Happy New Year!

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Thai police dupe fugitives with fake prize draw

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai police nabbed 14 suspected criminals after telling them they were winners of a lucky draw and arresting them when they showed up to collect their prizes.

The wanted men came out of hiding to pick up televisions and cash cheques they were told they had won when their phone or national identification numbers were picked out in a draw, said Pol. Lt-Gen. Krisada Pankongchoen, who masterminded the scam.

"We're happy with the result. We didn't expect anyone to fall for this," he told Reuters.

"They probably felt very stupid, especially those who were in hiding for months."

Police sent hundreds of congratulatory letters to the registered addresses of suspected criminals across Bangkok and the surrounding areas, among them rapists and thieves, Krisada said.

They waited at various locations in the city and pounced when 14 showed up expecting to receive their prizes.

"Many of them have been on our wanted list for some time and had probably thought the police were no longer pursuing them, so they weren't suspicious," he added.

(Reporting by Ambika Ahuja; Editing by Martin Petty and Jerry Norton)

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Merry Christmas

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