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An anniversary of sorts.
31 years ago today-on a bright sunny morning after which I had not had much sleep- I walked across the parade ground for the purpose of being commissioned an officer in the Navy of the United States of...
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Well-that sucks. Now we are just stuck with the Buccos to root for all summer.
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Or blog. I’m tired tonight. Plus, I’m getting ready to go on a trip so it will soon be time for another round of “Where’s Waldo?” So watch a Citadel Grad made good, lead the Blue Angels over a familiar...
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Glenn Beck-explained: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Back in Black – Glenn Beck’s Nazi Tourette’s www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party
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Oh my bags are packed…
I’m ready to go. So kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you’ll wait for me, Hold me like you’ll never let me go. ‘Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again - Oh Babe, I...
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Long day of travel, yesterday and today. Spent most of the afternoon sleeping. Guess where? This city the world’s 91st richest city by purchasing power, with a GDP of $43 billion. The city is an...
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Greetings from Bella Napoli. Herbal wins the prize for correct guess. Rode the bus to near Bagnoli last night, but never came close to the location of its most infamous former denizen. The remarkable...
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A pretty full day.
“Qualifications?” “Stampeding cattle”. “That does not sound like so much” ” Through the Vatican?” For some reason this guy objected. (Link to pix to follow when I get back home this weekend.) But I did...
View ArticleBack home
For a short while anyway. This week will be a busy one as we prepare to make the Haj-no, not that Haj-but a pilgrimage back to familiar and far better scenery. For today however, it is off to work. I...
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I work with two other retired Navy guys. Because of where we work we have insight into a lot of current Navy news and events. Plus-all of us travel to Navy facilities. We have a saying when we read...
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When a Canadian understands the Constitution better than a lot of Arizonans or teabaggers do: I haven’t objected to the new Arizona “papers please” law, SB 1070 (PDF), on the basis that its racist,...
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Vatican Rag
First you get down on your knees, Fiddle with your rosaries, Bow your head with great respect, And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect! Do whatever steps you want, if You have cleared them with the...
View ArticleThere goes the neighborhood…..
Seems Sarah Palin begrduges members of the press-the same freedoms she espouses elsewhere. Can somebody explain to me how this isn’t a despicable thing for Palin to do? She describes McGinniss as the...
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No surprise here…….
Tomorrow begins the Memorial Day weekend. The S.O. and I are on the first leg of a pilgrimage to the correct side of the International Date Line. With the exception of one glorious week last year-this...
View ArticleTadaima!
That`s what you say when you return home in Japan-coming in the door to let the S.O. know that you are home. So I`m letting Japan know I`m back even if it is just for a week. Trip over was OK. We flew...
View ArticleDennis Hopper RIP.
Dead at 74. I have always been a fan of his. Spike has a pretty good piece on his life. He was a unique actor who brought a voice to many of us Boomers.
View ArticleOut and about.
No internet access for a day or so. We are off to check on the S.O.`s apartment. Picture posts tomorrow evening.
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The most important room in the house
Ah, this is the life. Jack Daniels in the glass, and hot water shootin’ up your ass! -from the beginning of the movie, Middle Age Crazy. While I am not normally in the habit of carrying a drink into...
View ArticleA good hand poorly played…..
By Yukio Hatoyama who resigned yesterday-one year after winning election by a huge electoral majority. The S.O. has been grabbing every chance to watch the news coverage. It is kind of nice to see it...
View ArticleThis is why I support net neutrality…
Because companies should not tell you how much data you can use. I consider myself virtually addicted to my iPhone. I obsessively check my e-mail on it (4 accounts!); I listen to streaming music as I...
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