The day we get on the plane and I begin the journey to once again take my rightful place among the ranks of American Expats. I think we are ready-although the S.O. is just two steps above basket case level right about now. The S.O. does not deal with change
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Let the whining begin….
About the day that has taken almost 9 years to achieve-the withdrawal of all troops from Iraq. Now, for me, this is a welcome development. I’ve been wishing for this day since March of 2003. If you are a long time reader, you know I am know Johnny come lately
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Today we went to see Keio-san, probably the only Japanese running a Japanese restaurant in Shopping Mall.( All the rest are run by Koreans). A farewell dinner of sorts-I think after the arduous task of packing and moving, and seeing the net result of all the useless china she has
Continue readingThe 50 worst places to get your news.
Regardless of your political persuasion. The list that is given below is a rogues gallery of misinformation, diatribe, uninformed commentary, factually inaccurate reporting-and general all around mean spiritedness that can be found in the civilized word. When you hear someone saying, ” I was just reading or watching (fill in
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The program managers have their weekly conference with the Director of the 223rd worst place to work in the Federal government:
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To the day of the great escape from Shopping Mall USA. The day I have dreamed about, longed for, thought would never come, schemed and lobbied for, and despaired about-may actually finally be going to happen. While its not taking me back to Asia-it is taking away from Shopping Mall
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Courtesy of the Reformed Broker: “Let me help you out, sir. Finance is one of the things we do terribly in this country, not well. Alan Greenspan’s policies simply created the illusion that we “did finance well” when in reality, what we did well instead was wealth transference. We used
Continue readingDon’t have time to read the book?
Then read the book title! This web site outlines the plot in 30 quick seconds by adjusting the book title. For those of you are book fans like me, you should spend some time looking through the archives. Some examples: And I am sure Mrs. Bowman would hate me for
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I continue to marvel at the pettiness of the critics of Occupy Wall Street and their inability to understand underlying reasons why these demonstrations are happening at all. Most of the criticism of the Occupy Wall Street crowd stays away from that key point. Instead it fixates on their hygiene ( which
Continue readingHappy Columbus Day!
From those dirty hippies in New York:
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