Another week down-still not sure how many to go. I’m more than a little stir crazy at this point, but hey what’s a fellow to do? Have spent the morning, sleeping, eating, paying bills, and catching up on paperwork and expense reports. Another pretty nice day and not to hot here in “the Paris of… Continue reading Odds and ends.
Category: Reasons why I miss Japan.
Well, so much for that idea……
I really thought I was going to get some posting done this week. Lots to write about with the Tour De France, Steinbrenner dying, and other events going on. But alas it was not to be. Maybe tomorrow. I’m locking my blackberry in my safe and not touching it all day. Say hello to my… Continue reading Well, so much for that idea……
Brain dead…..
I was going to post tonight. A 13 hour day at work cured that notion. Now if it were doing something useful that made sense-well that’s one thing. But to just have to re-do work because some idiot thinks its a good idea, and then demands things on an unreasonable deadline-that is another thing entirely.… Continue reading Brain dead…..
Reruns
My work here in Virginia has been very busy. Up at six-not back to the room till after dark. Dinner, phone calls and a combat nap-and the time just whisks by…………. So today-because it was so depressing, in the realization that for most people here, this is the only existence they dream of-I spent a… Continue reading Reruns
I always wondered how they did it…….
One thing I miss living here in Hillbilly Hell Shopping Mall, is the lack of any good sushi. For a place that prides itsefl on bass fishing-they would not know a good piece of fish if it walked up and bit them on the ass. Back on the right side of the international dateline-one of… Continue reading I always wondered how they did it…….
Trainspotting
During my last little sojourn up north, I embarked upon an experiment. When the meetings were over, instead of staying the last night in small town New Jersey ( home of the roads with no left turns), I set off back to the Philadelphia airport and stayed the night at a hotel near there. In… Continue reading Trainspotting
Making the circuit……
Of the Yamanote Line: What’s really sad, I’ve been to every station on the line at one point or another. I dated a girl from Nishi Nippori (date being a rather lose term) for a couple of months. Sigh
Christmas Carols
One of the things I have always marveled about, when it comes to the hymn Silent Night, is how many languages it has been translated into. In the spirit of Christmas Eve, here is a cure little anime of the song translated into Nihongo: And of course the fact that Christmas Eve is coming tomorrow-also… Continue reading Christmas Carols
Weekends and my inner karma………
Yesterday we went to my company’s Christmas party. An OK affair-save for the fact that with one exception, none of us work in the same place-we simply have the distinction of having the same employer. Who in every case handles every thing related to our care and feeding in a different city than this one. … Continue reading Weekends and my inner karma………
Houston, we have a problem…….
In a perfect world, I would not be able to be blogging right now. I’d be on my fourth glass of wine-or maybe even a post dinner cognac and hoping that booze would swirl me into a few hours of sleep before I arrived in the “Old Country This, however, is not a perfect world. Flight… Continue reading Houston, we have a problem…….