Borrowing from Expat at Large, who in many ways has similar values to mine without all the baggage I am carrying: My blogis worth $19,758.90. My poor daily attempt at a blog is worth only $19,758.90!?How in the hell am I supposed to become a rich and famous writer? Especially
Continue readingAuthor: Skippy-San
Lord Curzon’s advice
Too bad George Bush never really took the time to read or understand British history. Other wise he might have remembered this little tid bit from Curzon , quoted from the real Lord Curzon: We must remember that the ways of Arabs Orientals are not our ways, nor their thoughts
Continue readingConcerning the French riots
Spike stumbled on this little gem from the Daily Show. After he got done looking at SPG‘s latest naked pictures of herself that is……… Well, Jon, the immigrants, mainly North African Muslims, are upset that they’re being shunned by French society. They feel alienated, scorned, looked down upon. Apparently they’re
Continue readingGood thing they all had TIP training.
Man, I am glad I got out when I did. Lost Nomad points out a little side benefit of trying to regulate troops desire for sins of the flesh: A rise in sexual assaults?While reading this article in Stars & Stripes, something hit me: Has anyone else noticed that the
Continue readingThings that just make you shake your head….
Was watching Bill O’ Reilly today at lunch time. I don’t know why, since all his broadcast’s normally do is make me want to reach through the TV and give him the beating he so richly deserves, after which kneeing him in the groin and then hitting his skull with
Continue readingThat damn poor cat!
On Halloween, the S.O. decided to dress up the vermin cat: She looks unhappy. I know I would be. Thus she tried for about 30 minutes to get the scarf off. I finally took it off of her when the S.O. was not looking….. The cat understands my frustration well,
Continue readingO daiji ni……..
Feeling better today. 18 hours of sleep works wonders. And its just as well because I have to travel down to Okinawa tonight for an audit there tomorrow. I also have to spend an hour with some stupid Air Force pogues, trying to convince them to stop being stupid. Also
Continue readingSick as a dog……..
No post yesterday as I was pretty under the weather. ( And before anyone asks, no I was not hung over………..). I woke up and just felt tired, as the day went on my stomach didn’t feel so good and I had a headache. Got my work done and left
Continue readingO tanjobi ni………
Yesterday was my son’s birthday. He’s 25……….. 25. Boy how I thought I had the world on fire at that age. Add about 16 years more of marriage and getting beaten down by life to realize I did not. Ah the naivete of youth! When I was 25 I spent
Continue readingOdd and ends…….
There are times I almost miss the cold war……… Now before you jump all over me about the evil empire, the brutal treatment of 300,000,000 human beings and the titanic waste of resources, used in bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war……..I know all that. That is why
Continue reading