Author: Skippy-San

First, Donald Rumsfeld is not going anywhere before November. The people over at Foreign Policy’s blog offer some cogent reasons why. In fact, they point out that: You can’t swing a cat without hitting a report that Don Rumsfeld is embattled, under fire, taking flak, facing a mutiny etc. But

“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go”.- Oliver Cromwell to the Long parliament. Yesterday the S.O. had to work. So I stayed home and got some things done

Short post. No post yesterday due to needing sleep. Today I went to Iwo Jima. What an experience. To walk on that hallowed ground….in the company of Marines no less!I felt privileged to be allowed to tag along. With all the talk about “diversity” in the services these days, it

Well, this time safely ensconced in Word, I will try to do another Iranian post. If reading Seymour Hersh was scary, reading the news today was every bit even scarier. The Iranians it seems, or at least their ideological zealot of a president have seemed to come to the conclusion,

I had a post started about the Hersh article. Twice I typed what I thought were some good words. And twice G**Damn Blogger ate them! I quit. Go here and read for yourself what some others are saying. Damn you Blogger! And why it is hard to take Hersh at

Its amazing what 12 hours of sleep with no beer in you will do for a person. Came back to Japan yesterday and back to the usual nonsense. Went to bed early and slept and slept. Which was also what I did Sunday night, had been into Wanchai early, went

Made the circuit last night. Kolwoon, Lan Kwai Fong, Wanchai……waking up this morning has been slow to say the least. This is my third attempt to get moving after my second shower of the morning. Back home tomorrow and I know I’ll be able to sleep there. Saw lots of

Qucik post here for I have still some shopping to do. Did my thing today and was up at 6:30 am this morning which is unheard of for me when I am in Hong Kong. Even ate breakfast. Busy till 3 this afternoon. Was going to go up to the

I don’t know what. However for the 3rd time in as many weeks I am back at Narita heading off to someplace else. S.O. is fit to be tied. Now mind you, I invited her to come along on this trip at my expense over 7 weeks ago, but her

Today was an up and down kind of day. Got some sort of good news or depending on how things turn out it could be bad news. Either way change is coming for poor little Skippy-san. Your humble scribe has known its coming, but I’ve been hoping for the best.