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Don’t know whether to laugh or cry…………
I root for two baseball teams: The Pirates and the Cubs. ( Real baseball is played in the National League; God meant for the pitcher to bat.) So I’m not sure what to make of this: Final 1 2 3...
View ArticleJapan’s longest day.
In Japan, August 15 is known as Shusen kinenbi (literally, end of the war memorial day.) This year is the 64th anniversary of the end of taiheiyou dai sensou.The Pacific War). At noon, August 15 1945...
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Another inconvenient truth
That’s an idea I have always agreed with. Hell, if I had my way, most of Africa would still be colonies. And we would be discussing outsourcing of jobs to India with the Viceroy. Since that’s not...
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Back to the grind……
We got home yesterday-barely making the connection in Charlotte. The plain arrived late and we literally were the last one’s on the plane. The S.O. was not amused. Flexibility does not come easy to...
View ArticleAnd while you are over at You Tube…..
Check out Japanese-Filipina and voice actress Megumi Nakajima, a hot new star in the anime scene best known for her role as Ranka Lee in the hit series Macross Frontier, just opened her own YouTube...
View ArticleAnother voice silenced…..
Robert Novak is dead. And for that-we are that much the poorer. That Novak would hire a leg-man to go around Washington sniffing out news reflected the virtue at the heart of his work: His columns,...
View ArticleAn attitude of gratitude……
I recieved one of those Glenn Beck inspired diatribes in an e-mail today. About how the country was going to hell in a hand basket, Nazis were at the gates of Birmingham and the hoof beats of the...
View ArticleIt seems that someone else noticed…..
That the Philippines is still very screwed up: Regarding former Philippine President Fidel Ramos’ Aug. 14 article, "Cory Aquino’s legacy of enriched freedom": Cory Aquino was undoubtedly a kind,...
View ArticleJapanese for morons……..
Gimmebreakman reaches 100 videos in his Japanese for Morons series. Check out the rack on the Wagamama girl!
View ArticleThe difference between then and now……….
nihilism (uncountable) (philosophy) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence. (ethics) The rejection of all moral principles. (politics) (capitalized by protagonist Turgenev) A...
View ArticleFishing for cats?
An unfortunate cat that fell into Tokyo’s Sumida River is saved by firefighters with a rescue net:
View ArticleOutside looking in…….
Jeff Goldblum (Michael): Amazing tradition. They throw a great party for you on the one day they know you can’t come. There are lots of reasons I read Hemlock every day. Now visiting the US, he’s...
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Friday fun
Speaking of health care, here are some women who look pretty healthy to me! Natsuki is a Japanese gravure idol. Here she is sitting on the steps: And this is Kana Tsuighara: And if you really want...
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Rocking out………..
The S.O. is at an estate sale this morning. She awoke at the crack of dawn-the better to get stuff early. I rolled over with a muffled moan-and told her, "to have a good time! I’m sleeping in". Ah but...
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Meanwhile, over on Planet Teabag……
Sometimes you just have to take a break and laugh a little……..
View ArticleNot understanding what was said…..
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Bertrand...
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No axe to grind here!
In the July Naval Institute Proceedings, there was an article by RDML Martha Herb and RDML Tony Kurta about the "epidemic" of sexual harassment sweeping the Navy. It's an interesting read-if only for...
View ArticleWho needs a sabbatical?
Well it’s been two years since I have right royally pissed off the feminist lobby, and it is January and I am cold. So it is probably a good time to jump back into the pool and piss them off again....
View ArticleMandatory Training…..
Over at Esquire's political blog, LTC Robert Bateman has been buying into the entire-"all military men are rapists" theme. Now, I, for one, am sick of hearing it. A) Because its not true and B) its...
View ArticleBecause I like beating a dead horse.
This will be my second and hopefully last post on the abomination that is the Harry Harris sponsored assrape investigation into the Blue Angels "command climate". Also known as its more common name,...
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