Its been a busy couple of days (but not too busy to keep from getting in 9 holes at Navy Marine Golf course….gotta love those twilight rates!) Longer post to follow tomorrow but here is a teaser…….What would the world have been like if Mohammed had not been born? I’ve
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Unrequited love………..
I’m crushed. It seems that Norika is getting married. And I was (sort of) saving myself for her. Who is Norika? This is Norika: And so is this: Norika was the first Japanese pop star I became familar with after I came to Japan. She was on TV a lot
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WARNING-LANGUAGE ALERT! Watching Fred Barnes on Fox News this evening got me thinking about this. His standard reply of “You either win or you lose.” Got my head spinning. Easy for you to say Fred. You fucking don’t have the threat of getting shipped off to that hell hole hanging
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Getting ready to head out the door……… But I wanted you guys to see this. Thomas Friedman captures my rage better than I can. I just drink it away. He writes it. READ! Insulting Our Troops, and Our Intelligence By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: November 3, 2006 George Bush, Dick
Continue readingLosing the lottery
No post yesterday. Or the day before. For some unknown reason related to Blogger or my ISP, the site just would not load. So I finally gave up and went to bed. Went out to dinner tonight at a new Chinese restaurant. On the way home we stopped in a
Continue readingDeep in thought
Not much to say today. Have been out and about plus I’m thinking about many things this weekend. I read some interesting things yesterday. Thomas Friedman has a great aritcle that is worth looking into. As most of you know the Pope asked a legitimate question, namely what , if
Continue readingThe view from this hill………..
As you have probably noticed, I’m a pretty moody guy. Especially over the last few months. I’ve had so many ups and downs it would be funny if it were not happening to me. You would think I was going through menopause or something! Yesterday was one of those lows.
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I’m fried. I have some great thoughts about the good Mr Rumsfeld’s speech yesterday. Don Rumsfeld seems to think that I am facist sympathiser because I think the war in Iraq is not in the long term national interest. So when this farce of an exercise ends, I’ll pass along
Continue readingNot seeing the forest for the trees………
Busy time here in Korea. Plus I’m in a real funk. Things are not working out on the project the way they should be. And I have 3 + weeks to go. Its more than the project, its life in general. I get up in the AM and go do
Continue readingDoes anyone remember the Middle East War that really matters?
In watching the news networks in the last few days, I (and others) have been amazed at how the little fracas in Iraq has been shoved off the radar screen. Consider ( courtesy of the Duck…) this fact: CNN will surely remind us today that it is Day 19 of
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