I have been thinking about this post for some time, basically since my trip to Hong Kong in April. My recent trip to the Middle East brought me back to it, after being jammed in a 777 for 9 hours with 200+ Indonesians and Filipinos all riding along the 21st
Continue readingMatsuri season
No post yesterday, S.O. and I went to the O-bon festival. Now the really savvy folks out there should be asking why an O-bon in July, since August is the proper season for O-Bon. You would be correct, but the activities here in Japan try to match their events so
Continue readingFriday beer and babes ( and bombs!)
Someone is at it again in London. WTF is with these guys? This is like shooting a boar, all it does is just make him mad. These are Brits and they are just going to hunker down and fight back. Haven’t the terrorist morons figured that out yet? GRRR! TO:
Continue readingA new meme!
One of the blogs I lurk at, without ever commenting on is Helen’s. She writes her blog like a diary should read, and she writes well, making some very thought provoking posts. This post, got me to do some very serious thinking and I have decided to attempt to turn
Continue readingThe briefing the SECDEF missed- Part II
In part one of this post I explained why it was highly unlikely that the SECDEF really did not know about the USFSPA ( Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act) and grievous injustices it causes to current serving members of the armed forces and retired members. Tom Philpott (Early Bird
Continue readingBummed by Buffoonry
Don’t feel like saying much today. Work is busy and at the same time its pointless. As an old mentor of mine once said, the script never changes in the Navy, just the actors do. Have been going through a lot of issues at work, where the powers that be
Continue readingReading between the lines in Japanese English textbooks.
Shamelessly stole this from the Cynical Traveler. Go over to his blog and read the post in its entirety. While it may play to stereotypes, he’s taken his material right from the Japanese newspapers and Tokyo Govenor Ishihara: Skippy-san Subscribe in a reader
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Sitting here with the S.O. watching the British Open. I think I am back in the right time zone now, and maybe, that means I might even get a decent night’s sleep. For all you S.O. fans out there, waiting for her to dump Skippy or at least give him
Continue readingMore on Friedman’s book
Sitting here with the S.O. watching the British Open. I think I am back in the right time zone now, and maybe, that means I might even get a decent night’s sleep. For all you S.O. fans out there, waiting for her to dump Skippy or at least give him
Continue readingBack to Asia!
I am so glad this week is over. Every time I come out here, the stupidity factor has gone up by at least 20%. Lots of observations I want to give about the things the US Navy is doing in the Middle East, but there is a better time and
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