No post yesterday as I was pretty under the weather. ( And before anyone asks, no I was not hung over………..). I woke up and just felt tired, as the day went on my stomach didn’t feel so good and I had a headache. Got my work done and left
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Yesterday was my son’s birthday. He’s 25……….. 25. Boy how I thought I had the world on fire at that age. Add about 16 years more of marriage and getting beaten down by life to realize I did not. Ah the naivete of youth! When I was 25 I spent
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There are times I almost miss the cold war……… Now before you jump all over me about the evil empire, the brutal treatment of 300,000,000 human beings and the titanic waste of resources, used in bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war……..I know all that. That is why
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Looking at the picture at the bottom of the previous post, I realized that it was just begging for some humor attached to it. So to start the month of November, and to see the lovely Christina Cho ( the bikini girl on the left…) again, who has made protesting
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Thanks again to Mudville Gazette, Open Post……. It has not even been 4 days and the anti-nuclear carrier protests are swinging into full gear. Hiromichi Umebayashi, president of the nonprofit organization Peace Depot, said the report shows that the SDF, which has been a subordinate to the U.S. forces for
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One of my everyday reads is Hemlock’s diary. Written by an expat, living where I wish I could be, Hong Kong, he has unique and insightful revelations on life near the “Fragrant Harbor”. Yesterday’s contribution is a classic and sums up my romantic experiences to date: Sun, 30 Oct–To Causeway
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Warning! Rambling post follows with my feelings expressed, some of which are not rational, possibly racist, and definitely not definitive by any means. This week marked a supposed “milestone” in the US war in Iraq. The 2000th American was killed in that Godforsaken country. And just as quickly, the milestone
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Japanese/ US Base realignment that is. U.S. Marines in Japan to be slashed by halfWASHINGTON— Japan and the United States have agreed to reduce the number of U.S. Marine Corps troops in Okinawa Prefecture by about a half, visiting Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono told reporters Friday evening. As part
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Yesterday was the S.O.’s birthday….. So I bought a card and flowers. I also, being the total damn fool that I am, bought her tickets to Germany…………She wanted a trip so I gave her one. Jewelry would have worked just as well I think…………. I had wanted to go to
Continue readingHarriet Miers crying in her beer…(and babes!).
Its Friday and you know what that means! But first the news. Seen below is Thursday’s front page from the Asahi Shimbum: What all that Kanji is telling you is that the US and Japan have come to an agreement about closing Futenma Marine Corps station in Okinawa, long a
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