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Curve ball………..
Just got off the phone with a most interesting offer. It has probably screwed up my carefully laid plans to continue galavanting around Asia for the next 2 years. Need to crawl in my hole for a while a...
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A quick shout…….
Still laying low in my bunker contemplating. However thought I might offer forth a tribute to fallen heros from my alma mater. 5 days from now will be the 163rd birthday of my alma mater. As I...
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This magazine cover says it all.
I just got my copy of the March 11-17th Economist in the mail. There on the front cover is GWB looking and sounding just like Slim Pickens: I,like many others find it odd that the man who invaded Iraq...
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Kiss me I’m Irish………..
Or I’ll be any other nationality if it will get me some action…………. Spring, slowly but surely, is coming. I can see it with our accounting ladies as they are now wearing shorter skirts, but still...
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No post yesterday. Was busy nursing a hangover doing things around the house. Was out late Friday night celebrating St Patricks day and listening to my buddies try to convince me to join them on a trip...
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Adios Mr Will………..
All this weekend, when I have not been forced to watch the repeats of Ichiro getting a hit in the WBC, as well as 12 different prognostication about Japan’s chances against Cuba; I’ve been watching the...
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The Samurai vs the Steroid Kings………..
I have a confession to make. I am that most miserable of creatures- I’m a Cubs fan. I also root for the Pirates. Both teams tease you along during the season, then let you down at the end. Today during...
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Still around……..
Yes I am still here. Last 3 days have been busy and when the evening rolled around I was either sleepy or beery or both. Ergo, no blogging. Now its off for leg 2 of the journey, a side trip for the...
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Got up this AM and set out for Victoria Peak. Which is a waste of time because it was cloudy raining and windy…….and foggy. Plus the construction on the Peak tower means the Pacific Coffee where I...
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Catching up
Long day today getting from Hong Kong to San Diego. Actually was not too bad just LAX is a real nut house. There has to be a better way to get folks through airport security. After arriving in San Dog,...
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Man O’ Man……….!
More on immigration. I do not understand why the President is so hell bent on picking an immigration fight at this time. Why? Living in Japan, believe me I have experience with racism and...
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Underwhelmed…………
Second day of my apportionment meetings, fighting with idiots who are more concerned about doing something to impress a (reserve) flag officer instead of doing the right thing. As is typical there is a...
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Changing of the guard…….and crying in my beer.
Harry Hopkins had a phrase he said when Roosevelt met Churchill at the Argentia conference, he called it the “Changing of the Guard”. Later at the conference in Tehran, he would talk about putting the...
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Stuck with a dial up and other frustration.
No babes this week, my wireless card does not seem to be working here for some reason. Sorry Mark! Wait till I get home. ( I could have used one last night!). Other musings / complaints. Why is it when...
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Back and busy!
Meant to post something serious tonight, but events and tiredness overcame me. So that will have to wait till the AM. ( After I work out, so no guarantees……). This last weekend was the Rugby Sevens,...
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" Why are you against progress?"
As you have probably noticed by my postings, I am not a big fan of the current management strategy in DOD and the Department of the Navy. Several folks have accused me of being a dinosaur (which I...
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How not to pad your resume……….
Hitting a cop is probably not a way to do it. I guess Cynthia McKinney never got the lecture from her father about never argue with a cop on the scene……… Neither does this do much for your career...
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Another day……another kick in the ass
Today was an up and down kind of day. Got some sort of good news or depending on how things turn out it could be bad news. Either way change is coming for poor little Skippy-san. Your humble scribe has...
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Out the door…..looking for?
I don’t know what. However for the 3rd time in as many weeks I am back at Narita heading off to someplace else. S.O. is fit to be tied. Now mind you, I invited her to come along on this trip at my...
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An interesting day
Qucik post here for I have still some shopping to do. Did my thing today and was up at 6:30 am this morning which is unheard of for me when I am in Hong Kong. Even ate breakfast. Busy till 3 this...
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