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It is all about context……..
Tomorrow, the S.O and I are leaving for an extended weekend in Pensacola, "The birthplace of Naval Aviation". A good friend of ours from Japan is moving there and we are going down to see them while...
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Got to Pensacola in 5 hours. Not a bad drive-but thank God for cruise control. And satellite radio. The S.O. is the happiest I have seen her in months. She is so excited to be reunited with one of her...
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The Silly Season
Whenever I turn on the TV these days-especially if I am flipping through Fox News-here is what I see: What is it about August that brings out the silliness in people? Last year was the election-so...
View ArticleBack home….
Drove through some torrential rains in Southern AL. Made the trip home longer than it should have been. AND……… I can’t find my digital camera cord to download my pix. Picture post to follow as I go out...
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Return to the cradle……
Back to the grindstone today-work on a Monday is……….work on a Monday. However I was finally able to get my pictures down loaded-after I had to reload the camera driver. First time I have ever had that...
View ArticleWhy its good to see the USA as others see it……
Or as James Fallows-, or anyone else who has spent a good deal of time overseas may: Pretty soon I will lay off the "As a Rip van Winkle returnee to your country, what I notice is…." approach. But I...
View ArticleThe perfect comeback……
A coworker and myself were down in the little cafeteria in our building, when we watched on the TV as this man verbally assaulted Arlen Specter: Watch CBS Videos Online Specter missed a great...
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The view from the beach……
More Pensacola pix: The Gulf beaches are white……… And the girls are out soaking up the sun: The S.O. wore her hat: And kids have a good time with their mothers.
View ArticleConsider the alternative……….
While all the folks in the echo chamber, are getting their panties in bunch-because Ezra Klein had the wherewithal to suggest that America needs a more educated electorate- it might be useful to...
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The new toy….
Greetings from North Carolina. Flew up here with the S.O. to see my father for a few days. No post yesterday, because I took delivery on my new toy: Still getting used to it. I am finding that I...
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From a comment thread over at John Cole’s place: I’m sorry, I’m trying to be an adult about this, but Sarah Palin has to be the dumbest, least-competently-managed figure in politics today. At this...
View ArticleDown for the count…….
Long day today. Got my father a wireless router for the new laptop he bought. For some reason it is not working as consitently as I would like. It works-and I have the encryption on-but it has spent...
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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...
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