Another banner trip for moi! I get here, my luggage does not. Made the ride down from ICN lighter, but $158 dollars later I had at least another set of clothes ( and more importantly underwear) to change into. Plus my heavy winter jacket was in my suitcase. Thank goodness,
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Tired and cranky
Still have a cough of sorts. Went to bed early last night so I could be rested today. Off to Korea for a few days for some meetings and to freeze my a** off. Morning Calm blogging will be attempted…….. Ja ne! Subscribe in a reader
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I went to see the movie Munich tonight. I know that a lot has been written about it and some folks think that Spielberg is peddling some sort of anti-war agenda in making the film. I don’t think so. I thought the movie was well done and had a powerful
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Richard has great posts over at his blog about Google’s craven cowardice choosing profits over principle. From now on I’m getting my porn pictures someplace else………. Subscribe in a reader
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The world is just plain crazy sometimes………… The Phibian has been reporting on the latest Soap Opera inside the US Military: “As the Severn Flows”. For those unfamiliar this is the case where a simple case of shooting ones mouth off in the wrong place leads to a full fledge
Continue readingUnintended consequences…….
I love it when I am right. (which from my point of view is 90% of the time). Recent events have seemed to vindicate my old adage : “Be careful what you wish for, for you just may get it……”. In Israel ( that’s not a misprint…..despite what the Palestinians
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Oh great, this is what I don’t need. Big brother finding out what I Google search. Suspect I will jump to the top of the hit parade when they look for the guys who have searched “women+big+breasts”…… On Thursday, The Mercury News reported that the Justice Department has subpoenaed search-engine
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Every nation needs its scandals. Japan, where scandal is a way of life, has decided that it needs a bigger and better version of an American Enron scandal. Enter Livedoor.com. Livedoor started as an internet e-mail company. I remember meeting an Indian guy working for them, one day on the
Continue readingHow Ariel Sharon touched my life……
I find it oddly macabre to be watching the news magazines lately. All 3 of the “biggies” had the same cover headline. “After he is gone….” . I think that’s a little morbid if you ask me. However actions of Ariel Sharon had impact on literally millions of people, for
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WARNING notice! This post may be uninteresting if you have not had naval experience……. I was having a conversation in my frustration (and between hacking up a lung) with a friend who is an experienced LDO with 25 years experience in the Navy. He came up the hard way, through
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