A new book about the Australian soldiers who participated in the occupation of Japan sounds quite interesting-and may also require a little fact checking with E@L: Local women were discouraged from taking up with the soldiers by authorities who “warned that if they consorted with the Australians, they would give
Continue readingWell, so much for that idea…..
Another thing I probably should not try to buy on E-bay!
Continue readingSo much for my opinion of myself….
At least I still respect myself in the morning………. I took me another one of those quizzes. I’m not sure how this result came up: Take the quiz yourself!
Continue readingBecause it’s my birthday!
And this is the present I really, really, want:
Continue readingAs if this is really news……….
This should come as a shock to most men. (NOT!)
Continue readingHave a little faith…..
Stephen Walt explores how low the Cheney’s and those who support them have gone: When I got out of the shower this morning, my wife was waking up to NPR. Her first comment to me was this: “I never thought I would hear an NPR reporter say those words.” What
Continue readingAsking the wrong question…..
Lex and others have taken a great deal of pride in flashing this picture around-and then with a certain amount of snarkiness proclaiming how great it was under George W. Bush. Sad to see how short peoples memories really are: Let’s just say for argument’s sake-Barak Obama is really the
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This blog is now I-phone friendly. (Should work on an Android too).
Continue readingA couple of points about the Academy Awards.
1) The show is too long-especially since the S.O. has to watch the “runway stuff”. 2) Speaking of the runway-no one ever obsesses over the tuxes the guys wear. Reason 456 why it’s great to be a guy. Then again-most actors at the awards don’t have a great rack to
Continue readingBack Home….
After a busy-but definitely interesting week! Cleaning up the post-ex things now. Travel vouchers, reports, and otherwised justifying the expense of your tax dollars. Thanks to the American taxpayer for feeding my travel bug-I’ll be requesting another installment next week-thank you very much. In the mean time-I think its important
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