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Taking a break…….
Since I just got the lovely fucking news a few hours ago that I have to work on a Sunday. To say I’m not pleased is an understatement…………… The S.O. is not pleased either……….. One of the biggest...
View ArticleDon’t hold your breath…..
Waiting for Donald Rumsfeld to apologize. The parallels between Rumsfeld and McNamara are strong — up to a point. Both men took charge of the Pentagon bent on exercising greater civilian control over...
View ArticleCrunch time…
Long day today-worked all day, On a plane tonight. Got a lot of irons in the fire so posting will be short.
View ArticleMore than meets the eye.
Busy, busy, busy! But not busy enough to notice that Gundam is at Odaiba in Tokyo: P.S. when I first met the S.O-we had a couple of very romantic dates in Odaiba. On my dresser-snuggled in...
View ArticleFarewell to a friend…….
Walter Cronkite is dead. To those of us of a certain age-who now have to confront the daily morass that is the news media these days-not having Walter Cronkite on the scene is just a tremendous loss....
View ArticleMaybe I will reconsider
I was thinking about buying a Kindle. Now I think I will wait a while. People who bought Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm for their Kindle were surprised to discover that it had disappeared from their...
View ArticleWhy I love golf…..
Because its a great week when Tiger doesn’t make the cut and Tom Watson makes it to a play off. TURNBERRY, Scotland — Tom Watson squandered a chance to become golf’s oldest major champion. The...
View ArticleIdle musings on the moon, America-and the death of optimism.
Today is July 20th. Only proper to write about the moon landings, right? Its being written over at plenty of blogs this day-and its is an anniversary of a great achievement. Except-as Tom Wolfe points...
View ArticleQuote of the day…..
I got this in an e-mail today. Worth repeating: "PowerPoint has largely become affirmative action for the inarticulate"
View ArticleFor the record-
I hate on line courses. Knee deep in one this week-that has to be finished by tomorrow. Where the hell is the fast forward button on this thing? Blogging to return this weekend.
View ArticleTea baggers could have a field day with this….
From Japan Probe: Minshutou ( Democratic Party of Japan) is ahead in the polls for the parlimentary elections in August. The young man in the video proposes marriage to the woman. The young man...
View ArticleIt is the Holy Land
So treat it with reverence! Problems with Palestinians or no-I sure would like to go back there. I’ve been to Israel five times. Twice, I made the circuit of driving the entire country-once as the...
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Digging out.
Its been a busy week. Have been working against two deadlines-one at work and one for the course I am taking. Earned Value Metrics, ROI, ROS calculations, contract terminations. In other words things...
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Birds and flowers…….
This spring and summer the S.O. has taken to gardening in a big way. She has cultivated probably every available square inch of our small little yard for flower beds, hanging flowers, and she had me...
View ArticleIt takes a bad actor….
To understand a bad actor. Somehow, the words make much more sense now. And here I thought it was just the ramblings of an incoherent b*tch. Speaking of incoherency-take note of the long, painful...
View ArticleIf I ran the stimulus……..
I had to drive to Montgomery today. 3 hours down and three hours back. Spent all of 2+45 in the city itself. Came back and went to sleep for a couple of hours. Now I’m awake and probably won’t be able...
View ArticleEnd of the line
Japan Airline’s last “Classic Jumbo Jet” took to the skies on July 30 on its final flight, ending an era of the Boeing 747 Classic type of aircraft in the company’s fleet. The 747-300, operated by a...
View ArticleWorth repeating……
Why do I have to hear the truth via an Australian ? A closely related rhetorical device — the idea that Americans or American values are “unique” — also deserves attention. For example, Emanuel...
View ArticleClosing the book?
If you particpated as an aviator in Gulf War I, as I did-seeing this news brought a tear to my eye: The US military has found the remains of the last American still officially missing in action from...
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