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Short post and no post!
No time to post. I went with the herd to a fancy dinner tonight where I was the only person who could speak Japanese. Ergo spent most of my dinner ordering food for 18 people and translating for the...
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Slogans and cliche’s…….
The high muckety mucks are outta here!!!!!!! They are on the train to Narita, meeting is over, so now: Like making sausage, getting to the end product is immensely painful, nobody wants to see how its...
View ArticleFinal word on the Cartoon Wars
For now that is. I do reserve the right to bash Muslim morons at a later date. However over at the Phibian is the best analysis of the controversy I have seen to date. Go check it out!
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Funny stuff to do…with beer and babes!
My previous post took me to one of those web sites that proves that idle hands are the devil’s workshop. While the Phibian may have been focused on pertinant political commentary, I decided to dig...
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Olympic update
An Olympic update. I’ve seen very little of the Olympics due to the hectic work schedule last week. Plus I get caught in the double bind of being forced by the S.O. to watch the coverage in Japanese....
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A lazy day……….and then some….
I was originally going to post something useless profound about the world situation or some other such subject, but after the ebb and flow of yesterday I said, “Screw it. That can wait for another...
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It always goes down hill.
When last we met: Not to worry. No one was there on the way out. Homeward bound we went. I was really happy and content. S.O’s friends dropped us off and I was looking forward to a night of sweet bliss...
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Seeing the light………
Lex , as he so often does, has very adeptly opened up a can of worms by pointing his readers to an article from the New York Times Sunday Magazine by (former) neo-con Francis Fukuyama ( whose name...
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The check is in the mail…….
My campaign contribution check that is. A first for me, I’ve never, ever, contributed to a political campaign before. But I jumped for joy today when I saw this: Too bad I’m not a Virginia...
View ArticleUnder the weather……
No post yesterday for a couple of reasons. Stupefication and sheer amazement at how you can tell someone something 10 times, in 10 different ways and they go ahead and do something really stupid………...
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Musings and Figure Skating babes!
OK, OK, enough feeling sorry for myself. Time to buck up, dig in and get back to the normal buffoonry…………I recognize that there are stupid people in the world. I choose not to be one of them. Looking...
View ArticleA different departure
Out the door in a few minutes to catch the train to Narita. Journeying down to my favorite spot on the planet, Singapore. Usually I’m excited when I travel, this morning I’m apprehensive. I don’t know...
View ArticleQuick post from heaven……..
Just a short note to say how nice it is to be back here in Singapore again. I think I am finally warm for the first time in about 9 weeks. Did work this morning, bought the S.O. the camera I should...
View ArticleMore on the port deal..
With apologies to William Shakespere, here is Marc Antony’s take on the P&O port deal. I watched the movie version Julius Caesar the other night and this came to mind. (Brando is awesome in the...
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I’m still here……for what reason I do not know.
Why I am not 100% sure. Today is a very unreal day. Very Very depressed and there is no real good reason for it. Went out to dinner last night with a co-worker. We went to the Boat Quay. Which is over...
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Back at work….posting minimal
Arrived in Bahrain after a long day on airplanes. Today and tomorrow are all about work. Hopefully will be on the way back Saturday……. Subscribe in a reader
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Still here, but not for long
Out of here tonight. through HKG then back to Nihon. Work is a good antidote for malaise and while I am still troubled some, its been good to focus on work. I scheduled my self for a doctors...
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Note to self
Packing the DVD, Team America in your back pack when in an terrorist Arab country, is probably not a good idea. At least it peaked the interest of a big and burly Arab security guard when he saw the...
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Women’s history month……..
Ever wonder why there is no such thing as men’s history month? I always have. They seem to have a month for every one else. Soon there will be “Brokeback History Month” documenting how gay cowboys...
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Ekiden
Yesterday I participated with other co-workers in a Japanese- American ekiden. Ekiden is Japanese for: “ A running competition that JMSDF personnel train weeks for, while their American counterparts...
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