What the hell was Mike Foley thinking? Actually, he probably was not. He just thought he was having a little innocent fun……..now the whole world knows about it. He says it was the booze……I discount that theory some what. All booze does is lower your inhibitions and make really dumb
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First things first. To the lady who quietly upgraded me on CX-THANK YOU! That was a nice surprise. Business class on CX is pretty sweet! To the shrew from SATO who booked me on a non upgradeable ticket out of NRT, simply because I have the temerity to want all
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Not much to say today. Have been out and about plus I’m thinking about many things this weekend. I read some interesting things yesterday. Thomas Friedman has a great aritcle that is worth looking into. As most of you know the Pope asked a legitimate question, namely what , if
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And to tell the truth, to tired as well. I just can’t hang anymore! A big night out takes two days to recover. Too many of these: Which leads to none of these: Have a good weekend! Subscribe in a reader
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Is a happy man. On the road again. Partly for business, partly for peace of mind. Heading down to the not so fragrant harbor to do some serious thinking about life and its current direction. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, someday yoou may surely get
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Is it just me, or are you just as confused over the flap about Bill Clinton losing his temper with a Fox news reporter? See when Bill loses his temper-which is reputed to be quite easy-he is judged as having “lost it”, “overstepped his bounds”, and “guilty of an ego
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It was all Abe all the time at our place last night. NHK had a special news broadcast to celebrate the election of Shinzo Abe ( pronounced AH be, not Abe). The 52-year-old president of the ruling LDP is the youngest postwar prime minister and the first to be born
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For those of you paying attention to this blog lately, and to borrow a phrase from Bob Uecher, “And judging by the attendance figures, a lot of you haven’t!”, I thought I would point out that not everything here is sheer drivel. Sometimes, rarely I will admit, I actually write
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If you are Gloria Macdangalang Arroyo that is. On the outside she exhibits confidence, but you know she has to be watching the US response to the coup in Thailand very carefully. Now mind you it has nothing to do with the fact that Thaksin may have deserved it, being
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The Navy launched its Littoral Combat Ship this weekend.. Love them or hate them, they are expensive. This poster kind of captures the feeling: For you Navy folks just take out the words B-52, and substitute LCS for F-22 and the meaning remains the same. Nuff said on that! Subscribe
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