Got home yesterday and this was all over the news: This is video of Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai being shot at point blank range by a Burmese soldier. The photojournalist was one of nine killed and 11 injured when the military junta ordered troops to fire into a crowd of
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Got home yesterday and this was all over the news: This is video of Japanese reporter Kenji Nagai being shot at point blank range by a Burmese soldier. The photojournalist was one of nine killed and 11 injured when the military junta ordered troops to fire into a crowd of
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Golf… is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.-P. G. Wodehouse And Lordy, my brother in law
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Airfare to the United States? $1013 . One week’s rental car at RDU airport? $194. Round of golf with my brother in law? $45. Being able to answer the phone at my father’s house and have the following conversation: RNC Fundraising girl: ” Hello, is this Mr. Skippy?” Me : “Why
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(Ozawa-san is the head of the DPJ-the largest opposition party, thus making him Japan’s version of Harry Reid). Yasuo Fukada is Japan’s new Prime Minister. The S.O. has been keeping me up to date during our phone calls-and its a better subject than my mother’s nagging as to why she is
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The dilemma……..
Being here in North Carolina is a mixed review. Its nice to be with family and yet at the same time it is an accusation of sorts. Each time I return I can see that my mother is having a harder and harder time remembering things-yet one question she always
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Long day today, made longer by the airline. Have not been able to post the last couple of days because the wireless connection in the room was not working. Now I’m back at my parents house-mooching off of their broandband connection. Tired and ready for bed. More to come-please stay
Continue readingTake me out to the ball game!
Writers block! I’ve been back for 3 hours and I should have finished this post a long time ago, but I just could not bring myself to start it ….for a whole bunch of reasons. I’ll try to explain. Went to the ball game last night. True to form, I
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I’m in and sort of over my jet lag. Got done with business a little early today-what to do? Decided to go to the ball game tomorrow night and opted for 9 holes of twilight golf. Over at North Island. Which was interesting since they have changed the layout of
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