Any one who spent time around Naval Aviation in “the good old days” ( Namely anytime prior to 1991 and the witchhunts and crucifixions that followed…) remembers Grampaw Pettibone. Gramps as he was affectionately known, was the quinticential and timeless caricature of the Naval Aviator. ( And he looked NOTHING
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If you have tuned in looking for an update on the War of the Roses, alas there is no news to report. Today was as if “the conversation” had never occurred. S.O. got up, went to work and was just as sweet as could be tonight. She even made me
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The S.O. is a smart woman as I have noted before. We had a good round of golf today, She came back from a 7 stroke deficit on me to narrow it down to 3 strokes. She even chipped in for a par on a more difficult hole. It was
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He tasks me. The bubbleheads, they haunt me and task me with more thinking than I am capable of. The Geezer demands answers, yesterday (actually day before yesterday). Yep, you guessed it, I’ve been hit with another meme. The subject today is books. Its a great one for me because
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In a world of over 6.5 billion people it always amazes me when unrelated people’s lives interact. Such was the case between me and Mark over at Gardner in Korea when because of work and blogs our lives actually touched one another. I just wish I could have met him
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It was a great night last night. Japan beat North Korea 2-0 in a world cup qualifier. The last goal was particularly satisfying as the Japanese player went mano y mano with the goalie, faked him out and gently kicked the ball into the goal. I’m sure the North Korean
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It seems like all I am writing about this week is death. As I reported to you earlier, a friend of mine lost his son last Saturday. A vibrant and smart young man, who was taken away long before his time. Cruel and unfair from my standpoint, I can only
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Anne Bancroft is dead. Wow. Most remembered for her role in The Graduate, people tend to forget that she had a varied and quite successful career both on screen and on stage. She was in the Miracle Worker in 1962 . She gave a monumental performance that won her an
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He’s back! Phil over at Expat at Large has finally found his way home. He’s been MIA since the middle of May when he went to Sydney. Ordinary Gweilo and Mia and others have been wondering what happened to him. I figured he had gotten way laid ( emphasis on
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Was watching NHK at lunch time today. Due to some appointments was unable to watch ?????? so I missed getting a look at Vanilla Mood. Instead got to watch the Japanese Diet in Session. They, like the British House of Commons, have a question period where Diet members can question
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