With the restoration of reasonably fast internet, and video/audio entertainment coming into Das Hause Skippy-I’ve had a chance to catch up a bit. Its been quite a ride since September and returning from Romania. What with getting Whooping Cough, losing one job, getting another, putting a move together in under
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Note to Gov. Haley…….
The view from my window.
I took these pictures back when we moved in. It was better weather then-now the skies here are mostly gray-in the brief 7.5 hours we have daylight between about 7:50 AM and 4:30pm or so. But it is a nice view to wake up to or see when you can:
Continue readingMulti -Media Heaven!
Well it only took 7 weeks-but we finally have reliable internet at a reasonably fast speed. PLUS-I was finally able to get our Sky Satellite working, with the assistance of a very able man who worked a lot harder than he should have to help me troubleshoot why a perfectly
Continue readingAcknowledging the truth that you do not wish to hear.
I have been watching with interest, the mil-blog reaction to the “new” strategy announced by the President and the Secretary of Defense-namely that the US has to know its limitations; and that so long as we choose to not raise enough revenue, then cuts must come to the federal budget.
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F*^king TEBOW!
Continue readingTime to put the Kanji to bed?
Dialect: A language without an Army to back it up. It’s that time of year again. Every year around this time the Japan Association of Kanji Aptitude Test announces the kanji of the year. The announcement is made in Kyoto at the famous Kiyomizu-dera temple through a priest who writes
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In Japan? Tell the customer very explicitly about your product
Continue readingMaybe the Mayans were right after all……
The world could be coming to an end-when we live in a world where Rick Santorum is considered a "serious" candidate for President: Mitt Romney may have – just – emerged as the victor in Tuesday's Republican caucus in Iowa but, for many, the night belonged to his rival Rick
Continue readingHappy New Year!
Just got done watching a rather huge display of fireworks from our balcony. Seems everyone in ours and all the surrounding villages had fireworks to light off. It was really amazing-and unexpected. Happy New Year-Zwei Tausend Zwoelf!
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