“Dictators of the right and the left fear the political cartoonist more than they do the atomic bomb. No totalitarian government can afford to be ridiculed” -Art Buchwald- I received an e-mail from a friend in the States that I had not heard from in a long time. We exchanged
Author: Skippy-San
Wars and lechery…Nothing else holds the fashion!
Scandals, Scandals and more Scandals. Every time one turns around, turns on the TV or reads the newspaper there are still more of them. Here’s some recent examples of buffoonry: Japan– A Japanese economist found guilty of peeking up a schoolgirl skirt with a mirror was ordered to forfeit it
Continue readingSt Patricks Day, the Vernal Equinox, and observations of life in Asia
Went with Harumi on St. Patricks day to hear an American-Irish band called Innisfree at one of the clubs. I was so shocked that she suggested going, I nearly fell over in my chair! After all, this is the woman who lied to me about being a party girl, and
Continue readingThank God and greyhound he’s gone!
There should be dancing in the halls of the Pentagon today. Paul, “We’ll invade any ol’ country we want to” Wolfowitz is on his way out. Of course the fact that he’s going over to the World Bank and will be able to help screw up the whole world economy
Continue readingBush Right? I don’t think so Tim!
Ah, what a week it has been. Tung Chee Wa gets sent packing, and Lebanon backs Syria into a corner. The papers are starting to speak the unspeakable, namely that maybe George Bush ( perish the thought!) might be right about the spread of democracy in that Arab world. Either
Continue readingHe’s BAACKKK!!
Greetings all, I’ve been away for 11 days and what a 11 days it was. Singapore, Bahrain, Guam and Osaka, a whirlwind tour if there ever was one. Hated not being able to post, but it was tough to do so with only a dial connection on my laptop. There
Continue readingFunny, I never met any girls like this…wonder where they are all hiding?
Reuters published an article saying Japanese girls do not want to get married. Those are the types of girls I should have met. My experience here has been quite the opposite. All the girls I met, enjoyed their single life, but at some point they always exerted that subtle pressure
Continue readingPutin vs Bush—Where does the truth lie?
Shades of the Cold War! Conservative pundits are asking a question straight out of the Reagan years, ” When are we going to get tough with Russia?” and ” Human Rights in Russia should be a top priority”. You would think I am back in 1980……wish I felt as genki
Continue readingFor those in Japan, here’s something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that are way too prevalent on Japanese TV in my humble opinion. (
Continue readingRecent pixs from the Singapore trip…..
Who could visit the Lion City without revisiting its past? So we went to Raffles. Skipped the Long Bar though…Beers are too expensive. Go across the street to Chijmes and have confession at Father Flanagan’s…a holy watering hole. Harumi in front of Raffles. Aw the majesty! The History! The prices!
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