Haditha
I wanted to post about the war today, but the post in my mind still needs a lot of refinement. I’m struggling to find the right words to express my frustration that after 3 years of commitment to help...
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No post yesterday. As we get ready to move, the S.O. and I have been going together to the gym every afternoon. We’ve taken to eating a big lunch, then doing treadmill and stair-stepper in the late...
View ArticleAn internet experiment
Early to bed. Early to rise. Makes a man……..a lousy blogger. Played golf with S.O. and we walked. Between that and a trip to the treadmill at the gym, I was sawing logs on the couch at 7:45 pm. Either...
View ArticleGuest blogging…….
Chaby here. I’m Skippy and S.O.’s cat. Skippy-san would like to have posted something witty and original about news and newspapers, but after he downed 15 plates of Sushi at Kura sushi this evening(...
View ArticleWhere do we get such men? – Part II
Reese dodges the noose. I think he actually is the closest American in recent years to getting the death penalty. Imagine what shock waves that might have sent around here. He’s lucky this happened in...
View ArticleAn interesting irony…….
I’m on an anti useless whoreMichelle Malkin kick this week. Why? Because she epitomizes all that is wrong with both conservative blogs and criticsm of the “Main Stream Media”. As I’ll prove tomorrow...
View ArticleBack in the days of yesteryear……..
Lex would from time to time have to take cross country’s to Air Force bases. Chap discovered this cache of cartoons that regales his exploits: At least I ain’t wearing no damn ascot! Subscribe in a...
View ArticleIts the end of the world as we know it………
And I feel fine. Today bodes not well as it is the 6th day of the 6th month of the 6th year of the 21st Century. And its now 6 am Central Daylight time. In other words today is 666 day. Oh great...
View ArticleLinks updated.
I finally got around to updating my links. (I need to update Marmot’s though…..). Subscribe in a reader
View ArticleThe Warrior vs the Writers
I’ve been struggling for the last few days to capture my feelings about the coverage of Haditha in particular and the war in Iraq in General. There are those who feel the media is in a feeding frenzy...
View ArticleQuote of the day………
“It all comes down to the age-old bargain: Women exchange sex for whatever they want. Men exchange whatever they have for sex. Call it prostitution, or call it marriage, which is just prostitution with...
View ArticleZarqawi Dead!!!!!
Could not have happened to a more deserving guy. Agree with the war or no, you have to give this one to the good guys for making a major league bad guy go join his Islamic buddies in hell. Its good...
View ArticleSong about my ex-wife……..
They came up with a song about my ex-wife. Its a ballad of woe(make sure your speakers are on), best washed down with one of these: Which leads you to want one of these: Which is what started the...
View ArticleThings I do not understand…………
S.O. and I went out with some of her friends to an izakaya tonight. Actually it was not a true izakaya which is a small drinking bar, but a chain restaurant that specialized in food you eat while...
View ArticleWhy I am down on Ann Coulter.
As I mentioned yesterday, I would like to take one of these and bring it right across Ann Coulter’s forehead: I skimmed her new book today at the book store. I’m not going to buy it because I’ll be...
View ArticleWorld Cup report.. or Why Iran really wants the bomb.
Because they suck at soccer football. As the Phibian points out, they got beat by Mexico in the first round. You are always winning when Persians are losing! But, what is not the love about just about...
View ArticleAnother day another 100 points……..
Lost on the stock market that is. Just less than 10 days ago the DJIA was at about 11,400 now its at 10,700. And these things always happen right after my automatic deposits go into my mutual funds. I...
View ArticleWe’re putting the band back together!
The “Dream Team” that is. Its time to get a legal defense fund set up for the Marines. Watching the uproar over the “Hadji Girl” video and the resultant failure of the Marine Corps to defend its own...
View ArticleAloha!
Out the door tonight for a trip to Hawaii. Believe it or not its for business ( well I may get in one afternoon of golf…………..). It will be a busy trip so blogging may be light. Hope to find time for...
View ArticleHawaii musings…….
Brain is jello right now so I can’t jump in the deep end of the pool this evening. Combination of wind, rain, bad golf and real frustration at people who cannot plan properly……..(Like the people I will...
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