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Sick…….
I was sick as a dog yesterday. Woke up about 3:30 am and began a rotating cycle between my bed and a room with porcelain fixtures in it. By the time the alarm went off I knew going to work was out of...
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The tight economy even hits the world’s oldest entrepreneurs: Tomorrow, Friday, around 6 AM, when the bartender announces last call at Fenwick, it really will be last call, as the bar will close for...
View ArticleAnd they complain about a lousy teleprompter……
Obviously, the Sermon on the Mount is not one of the main topics of discussion in certain church in Wasilla: “So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a...
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The Hong Kong Sevens are underway. And I’m not there. One of these days………. Sigh.
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The missing man……..
Back when we where in Charleston a couple of weeks ago, I gave the S.O. a complete tour of the Citadel campus. One of the places I dragged her into took her to, was the Daniel Library. It is worth the...
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There goes the neighborhood……
What they have to look forward to at Camp Smith, HI soon: Like a bad dream……….that never…….goes away.
View ArticleMore alike than they realize…….
Our wackos are better than your wackos: The views of right-wing commentators in the grip of the paranoid style (Obama is a stealth radical, the Democrats are imposing socialism) are much closer to...
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More Charleston pictures
In like a lion-out like a lion? Cold today-just as it was a couple of weeks ago when we took these pictures: This is Poogan’s Porch-which is the place you want to go for an artery hardening brunch on a...
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Or a GPS. Foreign Policy provides one for Pakistan. The Complete Idiots Guide to Pakistan.
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Is a failure to communicate. China Southern Airways has a lousy safety record. Maybe one reason for that is that they do not speak the language of aviation: A Japanese air safety board investigating a...
View ArticleThe Gamble
I finished Tom Ricks book The Gamble a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been going back and re-reading certain sections to make sure I understand exactly what he was trying to say. Here is my take on the...
View ArticleMore on the Narita accident…
Wind shear is a powerful thing. On March 23, aircraft started landing at Narita at 6 a.m. Winds up to 72 kph were blowing mainly from the northwest. Before the accident, 12 aircraft had landed safely...
View ArticleHe must have never gotten the memo…….
Dick Cheney that is. Current CENTCOM gives him and ADTAKE*: *Advise action Taken. A message from higher authority asking you (sometimes not very politely) WTFO. Getting one was not a good thing.
View ArticleI’ll bet you thought I forgot………
Women’s history month. Not a chance. Here is a review session for those who love the month of March as much as I do. (more…)
View ArticleHow you will know the recession is ending…..
You stop fixating on MILF’s. Researchers in America examined photographs of actresses and pored over back issues of Playboy magazine to see whether there was a correlation between attraction and...
View ArticleMissing from the tagalog dictionary
The word satire must be missing from the language of Tagalog. From Hemlock comes this story of a Hong Kong writer who decided to have some fun and make a point: It is clear that something is up as the...
View ArticleHeading North
Going to visit my son for a few days. posting will be light. So talk among yourselves about this tidbit from John Cole-which I happen to agree with: You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t...
View ArticleI don’t care about the children……..
If I hear the phrase, “Think of the debt we are leaving our children” one more time-I’m going to go postal. I’ve got a secret to tell you-it won’t do the kids much good if Mom and Dad don’t have all...
View ArticleThe burgh……..
Greetings from Pittsburgh. My son had to work yesterday getting off at 6:30 am. He took some time to sleep and then we got together. Had dinner, went to the shopping mall, figured out how to artfully...
View ArticleWell that was interesting.
This statement on the budget by Secretary Gates. I’ve only had a chance to quickly peruse it-but I think he’s made some of the right calls on first glance. F-22 -How many yachts are enought Gordon?...
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