I went out tonight to celebrate the day. It was nice to see some small glimmering of night life in this sad little town: Usually, I don’t have a taste for Guiness. Tonight I did. Of course I always have a taste for this: “Where’s me fortune?”
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Wonder how long before Bill Kristol picks up on it? TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese doctor has apologised after saying that people should smoke themselves to an early death to save the country money on elderly care, according to his hospital. “It is clear that medical costs will increase if
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Wonder how long before Bill Kristol picks up on it? TOKYO (AFP) – A Japanese doctor has apologised after saying that people should smoke themselves to an early death to save the country money on elderly care, according to his hospital. “It is clear that medical costs will increase if
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Mostly, it was spent in wistful remembrance of what it was like to be one of these guys…. (Select full screen mode-it looks better that way!) God, they look so young! I don’t recall looking that young-sexy and mature was more my style :-(. Next few days will be some
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Spike has the whole interview up with John Stewart and Jim Cramer. Both men make great points and Cramer to his credit-allows that if you dish it out, you got to be able to take it. Stewart hammers home some good points about how obscene some of the money making
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Greetings from the Holy City………….. ( Although I think Shopping Mall has a whole lot of churches too). Taking a weekend trip here to show the S.O. some of my roots. And to properly celebrate the 166th birthday a proper military education. Posting will be light.
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How to take a perfectly normal JO and turn him into a prima donna in just six short weeks:
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When men were men-and women were ashore. Don’t say “Littoral” to me-Say Blue Water Navy! Say what you want about it-at least kicking Libyan ass did not come with General Order #1 and port visits to fun Mediterranean ports were the order of the day. I’m in this video-I’m the
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A few years back, while writing about the Japan World Series, I posted about the “Curse of the Colonel”-the one Col Sanders put on the Hanshin Tigers. In 1985, the Tigers took the CL pennant and won the Japan Series. After they clinched the flag, a statue of Colonel Sanders
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I awoke in a somber mood this morning, slightly groggy, and not wanting to shed the blanket for the shower. The little voice inside me thought told it was time to get up. It also reminded me that today was the 52nd anniversary of my birth……… There once was a
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