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On the trip over to Normandy-I had forgotten to charge my I-Pad. So I grabbed a book from the shelf to read on the train. Boy am I glad I did. It was an honor to re-immerse myself in this book....
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This appeared at Phib's place a week ago. It is so good and so much a commentary on what is wrong with my once beloved Navy, I had to post it here in it's entirety. Its worth a read-especially where...
View ArticleTraveling man
There just are not enough hours in the day sometimes. Leaving this week for business and to visit my father in the USA. Sitting here in the lounge contemplating the long jump across the Atlantic and...
View ArticleSix New States????
Nothing like coming back to the land of the free-home of the stupid. I remain just furious every time I see someone come out in support of this incredibly ridiculous idea. The plan would split the...
View ArticleMile high
Sitting in the lounge at Denver International-waiting to make the jump back across the Atlantic. If you have not seen any of the latest Weird Al videos, you are missing a treat. Here is his send up of...
View ArticleStill here.
It is crunch time on my courses right now. Plus. I am playing the popular game, "What will next year's budget be?". So go read this outstanding article by James Fallows instead.
View ArticleRecent Reading
While I was back in the land of the free and the home of the stupid and overweight, I had a chance to stumble into Barnes and Noble. This was ostensibly for the purpose of purchasing a study guide for...
View ArticleJust kill me now…..
Once again I have to apologize for the lack of posting. The S.O. and I went on a marvelous trip to Austria. And now we are back. And work got even more suckier in the interval. So, pix to follow-and...
View ArticleThe darkness that always lurks beneath the surface.
I wanted to write a quick not about the tragic loss of Robin Williams. His death will most probably be ruled a suicide. And I expect ( and in some of the worst corners of the internet-we are already...
View ArticleCan’t believe I missed it.
Yesterday was Women's Equality Day. And I totally forgot about it. I'm so depressed. After all, there are some hard facts of life: And while you are at it-get me a beer: Ok Honey? ?
View ArticleOne of my pet peeves……..
I am sorry it’s been a long time between posts. I was on travel to the US, partly for business and partly to see my son. The business days tended to be long and involved and when I got back to the...
View ArticleTadaima!
That is what you say in Japanese when you come home. Hopefully a loving specimen of Japanese womanhood greets you with a beer and a cheery, "O kaeri nasai" when you do. We spent the last week at my...
View ArticleToo much fun
Sorry for the lack of posting. I have been enjoying my time here in Japan and reminiscing about how much fun it was. I really have missed being here. Germany is ok, but I really thought I would be...
View ArticleStill here, you greasy bastards.
Two weeks without posting is obscene. I should be doing better and I resolve to do better. However in my defense, things have been busy, I've been depressed, and I've been in a funk. A real funk-and...
View ArticleBack to blank paper.
Thank goodness it is a new month. Last month was at the same time, marvelous and deeply depressing. On the marvelous front, the return to Japan was without a doubt the highlight of my year. Returning...
View ArticlePumpkin Fest
In Ludwigsburg, they are running a Pumpkin Fest. In German the word for Pumpkin is Kurbis(with an umlaut). It's held in the garden of the palace in Ludwigsburg. Probably most amazing-besides the...
View ArticleYou only see the “Y” in the road-you don’t see the end of it.
The S.O. has had to work all this weekend, and I have been on call for my job. Basically its a payment up front for the both of us-for we will be in Austria for her birthday at the end of the month....
View ArticleGoing too far……..
The S.O. and I had a marvelous time in Austria-and for what it is worth, October is a great time to visit. The mountains are still glorious, there is a little early snow, but for us at least-the...
View ArticleAgain it comes down to how many bother to show up
Tomorrow is election day in the United States. Since I will be on my 5 year pilgrimage to the sacred soil in Charleston, I have already submitted my ballot via absentee. Fat lot of good it will do me,...
View ArticleThe pilgrimage
Greetings from Frankfurt airport! I am at the beginning of my every 5 year pilgrimage, wherein I return to the sacred soil in Charleston South Carolina. There to contemplate the journey that life took...
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