Its been a busy week. I have been working against two deadlines-one at work and one for the course I am taking. Earned Value Metrics, ROI, ROS calculations, contract terminations. In other words, things that are total and complete bullshit. What I should have been studying- is a hands-on laboratory
Continue readingIt is the Holy Land
So treat it with reverence! Problems with Palestinians or no-I sure would like to go back there. I’ve been to Israel five times. Twice, I made the circuit of driving the entire country-once as the guest of an Israeli Naval officer and once by myself , with some squadron
Continue readingTea baggers could have a field day with this….
From Japan Probe: Minshutou ( Democratic Party of Japan) is ahead in the polls for the parlimentary elections in August. The young man in the video proposes marriage to the woman. The young man promises that he can make her happy, so why not switch. He goes on to
Continue readingFor the record-
I hate on line courses. Knee deep in one this week-that has to be finished by tomorrow. Where the hell is the fast forward button on this thing? Blogging to return this weekend.
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I got this in an e-mail today. Worth repeating: "PowerPoint has largely become affirmative action for the inarticulate"
Continue readingIdle musings on the moon, America-and the death of optimism.
Today is July 20th. Only proper to write about the moon landings, right? Its being written over at plenty of blogs this day-and its is an anniversary of a great achievement. Except-as Tom Wolfe points out in a well written essay, its also the begining of the end of the
Continue readingWhy I love golf…..
Because its a great week when Tiger doesn’t make the cut and Tom Watson makes it to a play off. TURNBERRY, Scotland — Tom Watson squandered a chance to become golf’s oldest major champion. The 59-year-old missed an 8-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the British Open, then
Continue readingMaybe I will reconsider
I was thinking about buying a Kindle. Now I think I will wait a while. People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their devices overnight. It turns out the publisher changed its mind about offering an electronic
Continue readingFarewell to a friend…….
Walter Cronkite is dead. To those of us of a certain age-who now have to confront the daily morass that is the news media these days-not having Walter Cronkite on the scene is just a tremendous loss. Walter Cronkite was unique man- a died in the wool print journalist who
Continue readingMore than meets the eye.
Busy, busy, busy! But not busy enough to notice that Gundam is at Odaiba in Tokyo: P.S. when I first met the S.O-we had a couple of very romantic dates in Odaiba. On my dresser-snuggled in Pooh-san- is a picture of one of them. It keeps me from
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