Well, I don't have time to sit out in the sun for a few hours each weekend, so it won't be happening.


But it's one way to make lemonade out of sunny and 80 thru the Christmas season.

The seige is over - thank god! I will be interesting to see if it is ever revealed who was behind this.

Indian officials were quick to blame "outside foces" (i.e., Pakistan), while the last report I saw pointed to homegrown.

It's doesn't please me that Indian officials are pointing at Pakistan. There is already enough tension there to trigger more violence. The Al Quida connections doesn't seem to be very strong either, but it's being thrown out there as a possibility. The focus of the attacks - on the places where the wealthy and affluent Indians and Foreigners - hang out is the most telling to me. I would suspect home grown as well.

Mumbai has grown so rapidly in the recent past. Financially, it is very strong and continues to be an up and coming world financial powerhouse. It is also home to some of the most horriffic slums - made more horriffic by their proximity to wealth. I don't doubt the strife that alone would cause.

Here's a May 07 National Geographic article about one of the largest Bombay slums with some haunting pictures.

Yeah, but it might help save people from being blinded during the traditional pants-drop. ;)

Apparently the attackers were all young (20s). They also found lots of foreign currency (including American) and credit cards from major banks world wide.

I saw a clip today saying at least a couple of the attackers were taken alive. I don't think I'd want to be one of those guys in the coming weeks...



NYT op-ed, "What They Hate About Mumbai"...excellent piece on how openness, progressiveness and tolerance made the city a target.

If they don't know who did it, how would anybody know why?

And now it seems it was indeed a Pakistani group that carried it out.

And they used Google Earth to plan it.

Anyone want to take bets on which Advanced Urban Combat Simulator they used for training? Microsoft or Sony?

I understand the 9/11 terrorists consulted a subway map to figure out how to get out to Logan Airport.

Which is why you can never find one when you need it.