Since I’m all fired up anyway……….. James Fallows has a fantastic article up in this month’s issue of The Atlantic magazine. It should be required reading for all those who love tea-baggery. The piece Fallows wrote about the planning, or lack thereof, of the Iraq war is still available online
Author: Skippy-San
Cry me a river……..
America’s favorite cheerleader for stupid wars,Michael Yon, is all up in arms because he got detained at Sea Tac airport. Forgive me if I am not too broken up about it. Especially when Uncle Dumbo and boys at Blackfive are on the case. Seems they and the good Mr. Yon
Continue readingDown for the count…….
Sick as a dog today-its 21 degrees here in a land that is supposed to be warmer. So have fun and play nice. And contemplate Luke Skywalker’s Facebook page:
Continue readingUp in the air.
On New Year’s Eve the S.O. and I went to see “Up in the Air.” I liked the movie a lot-here’s why. First of all, I like movies that tell several stories at once-Up in the Air does that. Second-it does more than tell a story, it provides an analogy
Continue readingAnd now for something really important.
Curtis Allina died at the end of December 2009. For those who don’t know-he’s the guy who came up with the idea of putting famous celebrity heads on PEZ dispensers. Allina was born in Prague, in what was then the Czechoslovak Republic, and raised in Vienna, in what was then
Continue readingThe reason they don’t like to hear…..
Americans hate to be told they are stupid. Or that some other country might have come up with a better idea because its not lugging around a huge chip on its shoulder. However, sometimes, the truth needs to be heard. Especially among that peculiar and despicable breed : teabaggus whinus.
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With telling a story through the camera. Still got a long way to go before I’m selling to a magazine-to be sure. Several years ago, when I was on my blogspot site, I told the story of this room in my father’s house. Before you view the pictures below, please
Continue readingWhen does night end?
E.G. Now that its 2010. When does Jupiter become a star?
Continue readingHappy New Year II
The worst part of being in a non eastern time zone is you have to remember the ball drops earlier. So I almost did not get the Champagne open before it happened. Whew! We went to see Up in the Air tonight. Great movie. Review to follow. Sayonara 2009:
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I did a couple of interesting things today. 1) I sat down and wrote out a detailed “mission statement” for the upcoming year. Its the same mission I had last year-get my ass back to Asia. The difference is this year, I am doing it come hell or high water-job
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