I hope every one had a great Christmas and that Santa brought each of you something you wanted. I got what I wanted mainly because I had to pick it out myself. Some of the spirit of the occasion came rushing out of my sails when the S.O. asked if
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The reason for the season.
I did something very uncharacteristic last night. I left the S.O. to go to bed, while I went to Midnight Mass. That’s remarkable for me because: a) I’m not Catholic and b) the last time I was in this church was for a memorial service some 10 months ago. Amazingly,
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Merry Christmas everyone! It’s Christmas eve here, evening time to be exact. In true procrastinators form, I did the last of my Christmas shopping today, 24 December, probably paying more than I should have for the S.O.’s big gift ( A Yamashita 9.75mm pearl pendant…..). She better like it! Certainly
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Its the holiday weekend! Today was the emperor’s birthday, a national holiday here in Japan lots of people out and about. Known as Tenno no tanjobi (????? ) it is one of 2 times in the year that folks can get into the imperial grounds. Yesterday was freezing but folks
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One of the great moments in Navy history was the “Revolt of the Admirals”. A long time ago and a galaxy far away, another stubborn President and a “transformational” Secretary of Defense were also seeking to emasculate the Armed Services because of devotion to a flawed idea: The Revolt of
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“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”–Benjamin Franklin Here we go again! All the usual suspects are present. On the one side are the President and his supporters spouting the line that they had to do this, that we
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Took another one of those Blog quizes today thanks to Bothenook. They did not have anything better that appealed to the pruient interest so: You’re a Freaky Kisser When you kiss, you want to experience something new A new technique, a new partner, a new piercing… And your own personal
Continue readingFor Lex’s sister Ann………
Repeat this to yourself O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We humbly beseech thee to behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant Ann, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon her with the eyes of thy mercy; comfort her
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Time Magazine that is………… With all that is happening in the world this year, you know those minor things like the war, a couple of HUGE earthquakes, the Tsunami, some major upheavals in foreign policy; they decide that Bono and Bill Gates are the most important people on the planet?
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18 hours of sleep is a wonderful thing ( although non- continuous). Spent this morning catching up on the news and also checking on paying some bills and figuring out when the ex will hit me up with a new bill……… The news is interesting to say the least. First
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