First-a news update. Sitting here at my computer desk, quietly drinking beer when all of sudden the TV emits a loud shreik, over and over again. Then the news comes on announcing in Japanese that this was a Tsunami warning and it would follow in English. And it did. over
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BRAC for Iraq……………….
WARNING-LANGUAGE ALERT! Watching Fred Barnes on Fox News this evening got me thinking about this. His standard reply of “You either win or you lose.” Got my head spinning. Easy for you to say Fred. You fucking don’t have the threat of getting shipped off to that hell hole hanging
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Sir Winston understood my life very well. Actually we probably had something in common. We both liked the British Empire and a good drink or four……….. H/T to HK Macs!
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The Blue Angels are 60 years old this year. I admit it, I am a sucker for Air Shows. It also means it’s been 20 years since this video was produced, which is still-by my book-one of the coolest Naval Avation videos ever………… I still get pumped up when I
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Its amazing what 9 hours of beer free sleep can do for a person………. Back at work now, and all I can say is, I’m ready to go back to Singapore! Of course, I need to save some money to make up for all that I spent last week, but
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My plans for today that is. After finally gathering strength and sustenance I set out on an ambitious plan. Go up and down Orchard Road and search for a Swatch store. Got to Paragon shopping mall and decided to head down to the Starbucks for some java. While I was
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Got back into Singapore early yesterday evening. Raining cats and dogs when I got to the hotel. That put a little damper on the evening but not much. Just the day here then back to Japan and back to normal life. Which is good because I spent too much money
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Before I jump into politics, I would just like to point out a couple of things…………….. 1) Looking up at the sky from this little island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is simply amazing. Its just like being at sea because you see so many stars. I still
Continue readingDing dong the witch is dead!
Ding dong the witch is dead! The wicked old witch of the E-ring is dead! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead! Hi Ho the merry o! Hopefully, Dr Chu will go! Vote a fairer pay raise next year! RUMSFELD IS GONE! I guess it was that or go hunting
Continue readingIts not the end of the world…………
What’s the best thing about the election last night? Getting to hear all the sanctimonious pundits and bloggers from the Bush side of the aisle whine……….. Because like their idol from Texas, they are more comfortable categorizing everything into short ideological sound bites that are all black or all white;
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