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These proceedings are closed……….losing the battle-hoping to win the war!
I got blindly drunk last night-just barely stumbling onto the last train back out of Yokohama. The S.O. was none too pleased when I darkened our doorstep at 1:30 am in as foul a humor as I have been in...
View ArticleOff to Niko!
Up early and on our way to catch the train to Niko for a weekend together. Consider this an open post till I get back Sunday night. Question. Do you think Obama’s campaign has peaked? And now its...
View ArticleUnder construction………
And……we’re back! The weekend in Nikko was just great. We had a great time and it was a lot of fun. Pix are coming later on in a subsequent post. I upgraded to Word Pres 2.5.1 and despite the “easy”...
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A great opportunity….
To do something nice for some really hard working Americans. One of my readers is organizing an effort to send e-mails to Sailors who are deployed. In case you have not noticed, and judging by the mil...
View ArticleTrain them early………….
“Never underestimate the value of early training and proper breaking in”-James Earl Jones in Gardens of Stone. I found this gem over at Tokyo Times: Why does this make me both thirsty and nostalgic for...
View ArticleSomebody called this one right!
An observation from Andrew Sullivan’s blog about the “good” Reverend Wright. I wonder if there was a donation to the church from Hillary’s campaign-maybe a a whole bunch of them? Jeremiah Wright fucked...
View ArticleI’m still not amused.
A friend sent me this video to help put me in the mood for the big jump to Shopping Mall USA. Its actually a pretty neat video-a whacked out Finnish band called the Leningrad Cowboys with the Red Army...
View ArticleOkaasan ai ni ikimasu.
Out of pocket till Saturday. On the train up north to meet Okaasan. Groveling will be involved.
View ArticleWe’re back!!!!!!!
Lots to blog about-and no time today to blog about it. It will take a couple of posts to describe the past couple of days-but suffice it to say that: 1) Okaasan was impressed that a this Gaijin could...
View ArticleWhile all the while John McCain just laughs and laughs…….
While the war on the other side continues: Its a good analogy-I’d vote for Vader before I’d vote for Clinton………….
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Why I still don’t get “it”………..
Or why I still will not drink the kool-aid about Iraq. Several days ago, there was a bit of a dust up over at Lex’s concerning the President’s recent news conference. Seems GWB does not like the it...
View ArticleBe careful what you wish for…….
For you may surely get it. Somehow I don’t think the S.O. will conform to any of these images. She’s more of a Nancy Reagan type, “Just say no.” Sigh. I hope they have a bar within walking distance of...
View ArticleIf I could just have a follow up………
I’d like to point all of the ardent supporters of the Iraq War to this post, by my Canadian Counterpart. Responding to a commenter-( As I am to Lex’s commenter Steve C.) In the comments, Mook makes a...
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A funny thing happened on the way to the forum.
I was going to post my “In praise of the S.O. post” tonight, but a couple that has been very nice to us-asked us to go with them to a Nomiya. ( A drinking and eating restaurant). Suffice it to say the...
View ArticleWorth repeating
Phib has a great post up musing on many things. Its all worth reading, but in particular if you care about the US Navy and its continuing slide into mediocrity and a fleet that will be “diverse”-but...
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Size matters……
A friend sent me these pix from the USS Nimitz. Click on the images to see them better: And this one of the flyby up the port side-ask your self why the Buff guys could not have been closer to the...
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A teaser……
I am out of here today for a “me” trip. I would be remiss though if I did not post at least one picture of our trip to see Okaasan(click on image to see it better): One of the S.O.’s relatives runs a...
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The pilgrimage……..
So much to do, there’s plenty on the farm I’ll sleep when I’m dead Saturday night I like to raise a little harm I’ll sleep when I’m dead-Warren Zevon I am sitting here in the lounge at Narita waiting...
View ArticleGreetings from the Peak!
I am very much a creature of habit when I make these trips. Mostly, I do the same things over and over again when I come here-however, since its been 4-5 months between doing them, they always seem...
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