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Its been quite a circuit-Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Denver, Tuscon and back to Shopping Mall. All in seven days. I like traveling though-and this week I enjoyed a lot of time alone after the first three...
View ArticleEdward R. Murrow weeps………
At the state of American television news these days. In the movie Network-made in 1976-where Peter Finch plays a newsman who goes mad. In this fascinating vivisection of the American news media,...
View ArticleWhile I was out……
I got back to work on Friday-only to be greeted by a tornado ( No lie-had to get to the bottom of our building and wait there)……and the news that a co-worker on my floor had committed suicide. Leaving...
View ArticleHappy Easter……..
Easter Sunday-and as it should be, its a beautiful day here in Shopping Mall USA. Across the globe-where I aspire to be- the sun has already set on this holiest day in the Christian calendar.If...
View ArticleThe need to pace yourself
Once again Jon Stewart poke holes in Republican rage machine: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Baracknophobia – Obey thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political...
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Don’t let the facts get in the way of the script……..
I am convinced the political well in America is good and truly poisoned. If so, the country is in for a long down hill slide regardless of who is President. Consider the right wing monologue. In just...
View ArticlePossible job for me in retirement……..
They say that you should work doing something you love. This might be a good way for me to spend my golden years…………………………..
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Now I have to get an I-Phone
They have an Astro-boy ( proper name: Atomu) application for the I-phone: Sh*t-and I was going to save money this month too…………
View ArticleTea Parties
Are a waste of time. I would no more go to a tea party, than I would to an anti-war demonstration. I’ll fight stupidity through the ballot box, thank you very much. The teabaggers are acting like...
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Tell this to your tea party friends…..
I’m going to go on a series of posts disproving some of the wildest distortions that have been beamed into the minds of those who believe that they have some kind of a novel new notion, about...
View ArticleThat kind of day
It just was………….. Bonus points if you can guess what Mommy does for a living!
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This is pretty cool……
Chino Otsuka has combined pictures of herself from 30 years ago to make an interesting montage: See the rest here
View ArticleThe video you helped write…….
Billy Joel updated for the 21′st century(Language NFSW): Flame on baby! Courtesy of College Humor-who says undergrads don’t learn anything? UPDATE-College Humor wants you to see their ads. You can see...
View ArticleWhy it matters
And why all of the folks defending the indefensible are wrong. James Fallows sums it up very well: Nonetheless I contend that a full process of American self-examination and accountability will make a...
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Mythbusters
Once, just once-I’d like to tear down some really stupid myths about taxes. The one big one I’d like to put to bed once and for all is the line you hear repeated over and over by people who should...
View ArticleTone deaf……..
If you make a decision, and have no overlying evidence to change your mind-stick to it. This, is just plain stupid. Worse, its picking a fight that makes your other fights that much harder to win....
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Even the Korean postal service gets it right……..
Taken from Japan Probe: The South Korean government has been pushing for English speakers to stop using the name “Sea of Japan” in favor of the Korea-centric “East Sea” name, but it seems that the...
View ArticleI’ve got to see this movie….
Which was pointed out to me by Japan Probe: The movie is called Hariymaya Bridge-and it appears to capture a lot of the issues involved in Gaijin marriage with Japanese. The story concerns an American...
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Aberdeen
Phil: I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset we made love like sea otters. *That* was a pretty good day. Why couldn’t I get that day over and...
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