But alas it has. When people were discussing the repeal of DADT, it was always pointed out that the aim was just to have things be "business as usual" and that the rather more overt things that cause older men like me to get all pissed off and cranky-would not
Continue readingWell, this just sucks.
Crank up the F-15's and bring out Slim Pickens on an H-bomb. My summer just got a hell of a lot harder. "All the signs are pointing to Iran. Only in the past few months we've seen Iran try to target Israelis in Thailand, Indian, Georgia, Cyprus and more, Prime
Continue readingThe cycle is in the middle
In the middle of a hectic work / travel schedule. Have a trip to elsewhere in Deutschland on the horizon, immediately followed by a trip back to the Whining States of America. Part business-part familial pilgrimage. In the interim-between going back and forth to both work and the doctor-I got
Continue readingSo how was your Friday the 13th?
I survived mine:
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I am posting this post by my Candian Counterpart in its entirety. Its worth reading-every word-because it effectively lays to rest just about every bullshit argument we here from the ranting herd of ill-informed Fox News viewers. Take it away, Skippy Stalin: Even more troubling that the modern conservative shift
Continue readingOut and about in Budapest.
Greetings from the West End of the Pest section of Budapest. Flew here on the 4th and we have been touring the city since then. Because of all the points I gained from my forays to Bucharest- the hotel upgraded us to a corner suite when we got here. Didn't ask for it-but it is pretty
Continue readingMissed it by that much………..
Poor John Adams, the poor man never gets his due. Our 2nd President may have saved America more than a couple times from its own worst influences, but he never gets any credit for it. Tea Bag America always would rather misquote his successor than give the man from Quincy
Continue readingWhen did I ever meet Joseph Conrad?
He sure had me pegged. Did I meet him in my surreal existence in the alternate universe, perhaps in a bar in Hong Kong or Malaya? "The majority were men who, like himself, thrown there by some accident, had remained as officers of country ships. They had now a horror
Continue readingWhat I am hoping my Saturday Night Looks Like……
Went out with the S.O. and our neighbors to the Schwabian Garten tonight. Drank beer and had a good time. My neighbors and I made a pact that I would only speak German to them – in the hopes of improving my less than perfect German. Held my own better
Continue readingWell count me among the surprised ones.
The Supreme Court actually got it right for once-but the fact it was a 5-4 decision is troublesome for many reasons. This should have been a no brainer for the Court. Of course to do that-you need high caliber Justices. The Supreme Court led by Chief JusticeJohn G. Roberts Jr. upheld
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