Category: Elsewhere round Asia and the globe……..

Today was an interesting day. Not interesting in a good way, interesting in a reaffirmation of bad choices, kind of way. And, as an extra added bonus, I get to spend the rest of the month wondering who my employer will be come July.  Or if I will even be

The French get going. Just another thing to surrender to I guess: Selon le décompte du Quai d’Orsay, sur les 9000 Français enregistrés dans les consulats, il n’en restait plus que la moitié dans le pays à la fin de la semaine dernière, dont 2500 à Tokyo et 2000 dans le

When I read this tragic story-I could not help but think, ” That could happen where I work!” A Los Angeles woman died in her cubicle at work last week, but her body wasn’t discovered until the following day, local police said. What’s really scary is that it could happen-and

Watching the news about Egypt, that phrase repeatedly comes to mind.  Mubarak may have behaved like a dolt but he was our dolt and his successor may not be. Revolutions can be tricky things. It is probably wise to remember that-especially when you hear talk about waves of revolt spreading across

But I have been busy. And what free time I have had, I have been indulging in finishing (re-reading really) Andrew Baecevich’s book. The guy is a genius-and he has accurately captured how we got to the state of war without end, and what we need to do to get

Especially if you are spending it in Australia or New Zealand. ( Anybody got tips on getting Rugby World Cup tickets?). This is also a parody of New Zealand’s tourist commercials.-Thanks to Coming Anarchy for discovering this funny video.

Reading this reminded me how lucky I truly am. Here are some guys who have had real problems: SAN JOSE MINE, Chile –  After more than two months trapped deep in a Chilean mine, 33 miners are enjoying Sunday tantalizingly close to rescue. Drillers have completed an escape shaft, and

Given all the hullabaloo about the nomination of Miss Masturbation here in real murrika-you may not have been paying attention to two elections that have real impacts on the world those Teabaggers as well as the rest of us normal people will face tomorrow. The first was in Japan-and the

To be covering an airshow. Under the category of, ” I picked a bad week to take up airshow photography”  is this little gem from the Oshkosh air show. Everbody else is hauling a$$-but it looks like the guy in the brown is trying to save his gear before he