Our Prayers Have Been Answered

23,501 originally uploaded by Samer Farha.

That meat blog thing was sort of OK, I guess, but we asked for it (two years ago) and now we have it:

Samer is blogging for real again.

The reason? Boy Wonder is about to embark on a trip of 23,501 miles that begins with one step. Work beckons him to the Beijing Olympic Games and he's making about 47 pre-, post and side trips.

The itinerary:

• Tokyo
• Hong Kong
• Beijing
• Dubai
• Beirut
• Frankfurt
• Berlin
• Brussels
• London
• Reykjavik

And Samer has procured exactly what a young, single man passing through so many port of call needs ....

A telephoto lens. What did you think?

Samer's on the Road, eh

Samer is in Canada "for work and a little R&R." The work is at Reuters' Center of Excellence in Toronto.

He's agreed to consider becoming a guest columnist on peepsNet to detail his trip, which includes business at the place which made peepsNet possible (er, by being the location at which are located the offshored jobs of the people who used to work for me, whose privacy I continue to invade).

Hopes for any updates on a certain Martin fellow were dashed when peepsNet was informed that he was on vacation.

Excellent timing, Mr. Farha.

No pictures yet: it is Samer's custom to publish upon return. He thoughtfully posted this picture taken in an earlier trip to Toronto.

Nicole Heads East

Settle down guys -- it's only for a brief visit over the New Year's weekend.

Among other things (we sincerely hope) Nicole will be helping out with hosting duties for a holiday party.

Girl -- do you not do enough on your own?