Note to the Honolulu airport hotel. So long as you are renovating this s**thole, spend some bucks, run some Ethernet cable, and put hi speed internet in the rooms. Either that or open a bar. This running back and forth to the room for a beer while blogging in the
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Miss Manners…..
“I’m a veg Danny……” Watched Caddyshack last night after I came back the to my room late as usual. Did get some time off on Sunday then back to the slave ship on Monday. The overseers seemed to have picked up some new whips in the interim. Did play golf
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And I’m in my hotel doing laundry………….What the hell is that all about? Had to work today-off tomorrow. Then back at it for another 6 days. Tell me again about bad choices, I don’t think I heard the warnings the first time. Then again, its not so bad a day
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This week has proven that this work thing just gets in the way of having fun. Have had two long days in a row and its not put me in a good mood to go out. I hate working these particular projects. They end up being nothing but work, done
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Its been a busy couple of days (but not too busy to keep from getting in 9 holes at Navy Marine Golf course….gotta love those twilight rates!) Longer post to follow tomorrow but here is a teaser…….What would the world have been like if Mohammed had not been born? I’ve
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In Hawaii now, off to work tomorrow. Got in the early am here in Honolulu. Fortunately the hotel had a room available so I was able to get some sleep and then off to Kaneohe for some golf. Played with a young Marine who had gotten back from Iraq about
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I’m crushed. It seems that Norika is getting married. And I was (sort of) saving myself for her. Who is Norika? This is Norika: And so is this: Norika was the first Japanese pop star I became familar with after I came to Japan. She was on TV a lot
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Yesterday was Labour Thanksgiving Day (kinro kansha no hi)here in Japan: A national holiday for honoring labour. Seems the Mayflower did not make to Yokohama….and had theydone so they would have been slaughtered. Ergo Japan has no tradition of stuffing one’s self on this day-except for loads of booze the
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I recently came across a couple of them while surfing the net. First of course is this little gem from Lost Nomad-seems Cindy Sheehan thinks her blue passport gives her free access to the exchange. Courtesy of Lost Nomad: Finding the area around Camp Humphreys a little bit too urban
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For at least one Japanese submarine captain, not so good apparently: So I guess this means a promotion is out of the question? This picture was on the front page of the Asahi Shimbun today. Read the story here. Oops! Subscribe in a reader
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