Or Skippy meets the Emperor. Not really meet-more like shuffle with the herd of 80,000 Nihonjin to stand in front of the palace and wave a flag. Probably if I were to actually meet the Emperor, diplomatic relations between the US and Japan would be set back 80 years. Anyway.
Continue readingReal People-Real War
Andy Olmsted was a blogger who blogged for several blogs. He wrote at Obsidian Wings and also at Winds of Change. He also wrote a column for the Rocky Mountain News. He was killed in action in Iraq yesterday. Lex pointed me to his final post. I strongly recommend you
Continue readingMy one and only comment on the Iowa caucuses……
What the hell is a caucus anyway? You’re always winning-when Hillary is losing. Hillary=loser. Its got a certain ring to it, don’t you think? But my real question is: who is Bill getting to “console” him this evening on his wife’s loss……………. Hide your interns! UPDATE! If you want to
Continue readingI've always wondered the same thing myself………
Suggestions welcome! 🙂
Continue readingI’ve always wondered the same thing myself………
Suggestions welcome! 🙂
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Akemashite omdetou gozaimasu! (Congratulations for the NewYear!) Kotoshi mo, dozo yoroshiku onegai itashimasu! (In this year too…….please favor me!) Just back from our Tokyo expedition…pix to follow.
Continue readingNew Years Eve………
All in all a pretty good day today. I had the day off which is always nice, the S.O. took a break from cleaning long enough to do some retail therapy, and I worked out for a good 45 minutes on the treadmill-IPOD playing- channeling my thoughts and anger into
Continue readingClosing in on New Years………..
And not liking it very much. The S.O. has been on a cleaning binge, one such that I’ve not seen in recent memory. I just retreat to my computer and hide-every year I forget this little ritual. Mostly likely she realizes there is a 50-50 chance that my standard of
Continue readingBOHICA
When I first set foot aboard USS Nimitz way back in 1978, there was a black market in T-shirts that said: “BOHICA. Our screws never stop-USS Nimitz CVN-68″. BOHICA means, for those unfamiliar since its dropped out of the daily usage in naval operations (don’t want to offend the women or
Continue readingSomething that some folks need to read.
It is the end of the year and now its time for the top 10 lists. Here’s one Uncle Jimbo needs to read before he goes off on one his tirades. And every one else should read it too-before they think the war in Iraq is not an issue for the
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