I've been getting some poignant messages from a friend in Iraqi Kurdistan. He and his family are headed from Erbil into the countryside to avoid, if possible, the ravages of this war. I believe they are more fearful of an attack from Saddam but of course nobody wants to be "collatoral damage," regardless of whether the fire is friendly, or as I heard a BBC announcer put it during the last Gulf War in their famously understated way, "rather less friendly fire."
Anyway, I'll post some excerpts from Delshad's emails on my personal blog and reflect it here when I get a moment.
10:14:46 PM 
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As of right now none of my web domains appear accessible, although I still seem to have FTP access to my Open Publishing server. I'm x-posting this to RFB's usernum address on the Salon community server (0001111).
I'm depressed about the war.
Working hard.
Conference coming up. Lots to post about.
Server down.
Figures.
Positive things:
- She-Mob at the Starry Plough (pronounced "pluff") Friday night.
- PornOrchestra premier in Oakland (21 Grand, which is the name of the club, not the address) on Saturday night.
- PornOrchestra again, probably the one bandx will be at.
- Leftover Salmon tomorrow night at the Great American Music Hall. Last minute but tempting.
3:06:01 PM say what []
