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Not always what it seems……..

The appointment of Gen Shinseki to be VA Secretary that is. I have no doubt that he will do a good job as VA Secretary, but I’m not reading into it the same kind of political vindictiveness that most...

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Odds and ends………..

Some different pictures from our trip. Suffice it to say I kept my eye out for something more than a little out of the ordinary. For example I stumbled across this dog, taking a drink from a fountain:...

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Speaking of the auto bailout………

I did my part to save Ford last summer! H/T Spike!

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Video follies……..

Sometimes a video works (Warning this video is NSFW!): Link: And sometimes it doesn’t! The first video is a Danish commercial for washing machines that is actually quite funny-even with the nudity. (...

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Weekends and my inner karma………

Yesterday we went to my company’s Christmas party. An OK affair-save for the fact that with one exception, none of us work in the same place-we simply have the distinction of having the same employer....

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A common sense woman……..

Camille Paglia…call your office. Its refreshing to see a woman understand what makes a man tick: When I meet a guy for the first time, I have no problem with his eyes wandering south for a second to...

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I think they are still a little touchy about that……

Pat Buchanan-no friend to union labor-makes a great point: Be it BMW, Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi or Hyundai, the South has become a sanctuary for foreign assembly plants, for which...

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Way back when….

When I only had one goal in life and it was this: Carrier Landing-Home Video – The best home videos are here I actually got some time in the S-3, both at the ship and flying cross country from Jax to...

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Much ado about nothing

Obama must be doing something right when he is able to piss off both his supporters and the die hard extremists who believe him to be the Anti-christ and a Muslim. By picking Rick Warren to give the...

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They still have to go back home…….

The Russians that is-across the North Atlantic in the dead of winter. Came across this pretty cool video of how the transit might be like. Admiral Kusnetsov and a Slava CG taking water over the bow....

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Another year gone…………

And it finds the S.O. and I still together, on the wrong side of the planet, and wondering what the next year will hold for us. My father is coming here tomorrow for the Christmas holidays-so posting...

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My secret confession…….

Was out at Barnes and Noble today, getting some gift cards for my son. (Never shop early when you can put it off to the last minute!). I came across the Christmas gift for me: Yes , I am ashamed to...

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Christmas Carols

One of the things I have always marveled about, when it comes to the hymn Silent Night, is how many languages it has been translated into. In the spirit of Christmas Eve, here is a cure little anime of...

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Sad news from Tokyo……

Ai Iijima, who was an AIDS activist and former television personality was found dead in her condo in Shibuya yesterday. The body of the 36-year-old, who retired in March last year from a lucrative...

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Christmas Eve……..

I’ve just finished wrapping the last little presents I could hide from the S.O. She already has the big one-a pearl and diamond ring that is sort of a Christmas / Anniversary of Being Together present....

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And I thought I was bitter…….

About getting screwed over by the ex-wife. However, from LA comes a case of a REALLY BITTER ex husband: COVINA, Calif. (AP) – Stinging from an acrimonious divorce, a man plotting revenge against his...

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The best laid plans …always go astray.

And in the process scare the stuffing out of me and the S.O.-as well as my sister and my father. Yesterday started well enough. We had decided that it might be a good idea to get out of the house. The...

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Sailors save the day………

At Shinegawa station in Tokyo: “He walked off the platform like he saw an invisible step,” said Brice, of Rogersville, Tenn. “He hit the rails and it sounded like something was broken.” Caballero...

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Closing the books……..

On the year of our Lord, 2008. We put my father and sister on the plane yesterday and on the car ride back to work, I did a lot of thinking. About how much had changed for me and for my family this...

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Shin Nen!

Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! Kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! (Congratulations on the new year! In this year too, please favor me!)

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