Pakiston, like Palmerston really.

oh but DrSteef is going to Pakistan in November. once there was a big earthquake and it wasn't very funny. some people died and some animals died. A nice group of humans decided that wasn't very fair and they could try to make some other humans existance less shit. Then later they asked DrSteef if he could fly over and help out. DrSteef always says yes to these humans. So in Novermber he will look at some animals and attempt to find ways of making them better, stronger, faster, musclier, fecundier, virileier (sorry if you "lay" people don't speak jargon) etc. And hopefully can find ways of getting the locals more able to carry on some good jargons too. And then hopefully they can buy more Playstation II's. Or at least a few vegetables everyday.

This raises an interesting dilemma which I find interesting but you may choose to click on another thing now. How does one justify such expense, fossil fuel eradication (the airoplane), time, etc etc. How does one calculate the gains and the losses?

A journal article I recently read discussed how short term "missions" can get you high, make you full of wickedcoollovedupvibes. For a while. Then you're back to normal. The hosts usually need heaps of time to prepare for the visit, and heaps of time to recover. Language is a bitch. Cultural mistakes are offensive. Diarrhea is obligatory.

And what if the money spend was just donated to the people on the ground getting it on. heaps more value there than spent on Thai airlines.

hmmmm.

The thing DrSteef has always tried to look for is one human asking another human for help.

I think thats a nice thing. and it seems that the Pakistani vets are a bit busy with flash government jobs and like to treat the richies like the ones with all the money. So they asked me. and I said yes.

hope thats ok.