I submit to you two quotes that help express my outrage at what happened in Connecticut today. "Guns don't attack children; psychopaths and sadists do. But guns uniquely allow a psychopath to wreak death and devastation on such a large scale so quickly and easily. America is the only
Continue readingSo how was my day at work?
Oh you know, the usual delights. What was the number of that truck driving school again? There are some days I really envy truck drivers. When I was back in the US in DC-I met a lot of people who have jobs just like mine. They have the extra down
Continue readingThe cycle of mistakes
I have been keeping in touch with friends in Japan, listening to them tell all about the complete stupidity of VADM Swift: While the specific recommendations that were developed as part of the summit are reviewed, additional, temporary measures will remain in place in addition to the U.S. Forces
Continue readingReturn trip
The S.O. and I had to take separate flights home. She was on Lufthansa and I was on United. I figured the S.O. would have had the better deal on Lufthansa-but as is typical for her, she found a way to fuck it up. She came into Frankfurt complaining
Continue readingWhile I was out
It has been a busy week and had no time to post. Pretty successful round of meetings this week and then a side trip to go see my father. We set out to return to Deutschland tomorrow, hopefully, to arrive not too jet lagged on Sunday morning. I have been
Continue readingWistful, on a sunny Saturday morning.
Chloe: I haven't met that many happy people in my life. How do they act? From the movie, The Big Chill I have been back in Shopping Mall for the these past three days-taking meetings and combining it with a surprising stroll down memory lane. As with my previous
Continue readingOut the door, looking for?
A traveling man is a happy man. On the road for a while to various and sundry places. Posting will be even more haphazard than it already is.
Continue readingThe Twinkie is dead.
Long live the Twinkie!
Continue readingBreitbart still sucks
Charles Johnson has observed on several occasions that while the late, not so dearly departed, Andrew Breitbart was well and truly one of the United States’ biggest morons-the children who write in his stead can top it. Sure enough, Breitbrat Ben Shapiro’s moronic attack on President Obama’s Thanksgiving address was rapidly
Continue readingBetter to laugh than to cry.
At least in Israel anyway-its a way to keep one's spirits up till Hamas finally gets the message that shooting missiles at Israelis is a shitty way to advance their cause. I am a daily reader of Haaretz. ( I have also been struggling to learn Hebrew, but the less said
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