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Rothenburg was great, but cold! It snowed the whole way down and on the way back, and even when we were there had to dart in and out of the shops to get some feeling back in our fingers. Rotenburg reminds me of Williamsburg, neat to see, but more of

There is a lot to talk about in politics today, but quite simply I do not have the energy or the brain cells after 3 Warsteiners to attempt it. Today was just a great day! The S.O. had been fussing about the money I spent to rent a car here,

We made it but I’ll tell you direct Tokyo- Frankfurt in the cattle car is brutal, even if it is a Lufthansa cattle car.( Any airliner that serves Warsteiner beer and does not charge for it, cannot be all bad…..). Its now 6 am saturday and I am slept out.

Early tomorrow, up and on the train to Narita for the S.O.’s birhtday trip….. Not sure how the blogging is going to be for the next week, so if you see no new words, well, remember Papillion…: “I’m still here, yoou greasy bastards!!” Speaking of that line, here’s to Chuck

Have read the new CNO does not like the term human capital strategy. Accordingly, I’m told its called Total Force stategy now. When the budget is all said and done however, the end result is still the same: Just ask any one working for a base these days about that!

Deutschland, Deutschland, uber alles; Uber alles im dem Welt….Two days till I depart for the Fatherland for the S.O.’s birthday trip. That for sure qualifies as one of my more stupid decisions, burning precious vacation time I could be spending on myself in Thailand, just to make her feel better

On the DOD web site, came across this headline. I am suprised it has not been more widely reported: Former DoD Transformation Head Dies at Age 63 While I did not agree with some of his ideas, the man was truly brilliant and his mind worked at a level about

George W. Bush is coming to Asia……..oh great! He just made my job as a transportation planner twice as hard. Why? Because whenever the President goes anywhere, its not just Air Force One that goes wheels in the well. On average 6- 8 C-17’s are positioned to move all the

Played golf today, and in what has to be a another sign of the Apocalypse, on most holes I hit my driver long and straight. I’ve been playing with my swing a little at the driving range trying my best to put those golf channel “Lessons from the pros..” to

No post yesterday. It was a nice day and the S.O. and I had some things to do in preparation for her birthday trip to Germany that we are making at the end of this week. Also thanks to the nice weather, Golf had to be on the menu for