Traveling was every bit the pain in the ass I expected it to be…even on JAL. The flight to Korea is a short one however. The Bus ride from Incheon though…..well that is another story. Incheon is a beautiful airport. Normal fal-de ral getting through immigration et al. Then finding
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The part the movie did not show……..
In the process of digging out from my move, I came across this little tidbit from my days back in Nevada. The folks I had working for me loved to “alter” Dilbert cartoons and post them in our coffee break room. Seeing this particular cartoon brought back some forgotten memories.
Continue readingUnderwhelmed…………
Second day of my apportionment meetings, fighting with idiots who are more concerned about doing something to impress a (reserve) flag officer instead of doing the right thing. As is typical there is a lot of blustery talk but when the folks see you have stats to back up what
Continue readingSlogans and cliche’s…….
The high muckety mucks are outta here!!!!!!! They are on the train to Narita, meeting is over, so now: Like making sausage, getting to the end product is immensely painful, nobody wants to see how its made , but everyone wants a piece of the end product. And, if I
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The high muckety mucks are outta here!!!!!!! They are on the train to Narita, meeting is over, so now: Like making sausage, getting to the end product is immensely painful, nobody wants to see how its made , but everyone wants a piece of the end product. And, if I
Continue readingSharks in these waters……..
Butt sharks that is. Very busy this week with meetings from the muckety mucks from our higher headquarters. Have been quietly enjoying the adventures in trouser snorkeling from the military folks who still want to get ahead. Its days like today that I really can enjoy my transition to that
Continue readingGround hog day!
Well its ground hog day over here at least. Back in the states its still a few hours before Phil gets dragged out of his warm hole and we learn if there is going to be six more years weeks of war winter. I think its a safe bet there
Continue readingIt's about time………
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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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
Continue readingWhere it all (could) lead to……….
“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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