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Trivial pursuits
Nothing really serious tonight. Hell, the Super Bowl is tomorrow. Lest there be any doubt about who I will be rooting for: I grew up in South Side Pittsburgh. Steeler football was like a religion and...
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This game is way too close and Seattle is showing too much ( good) defense. Any time the Pittsburgh offense wants to step up, I’ll be appreciative………….. Back to the game!
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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood!*
Steelers-21 Seahawks-10 That about covers the point spread, don’t you think? * ( In memory of Mr Fred Rogers. 1928-2003. Pittsburgh Icon and all around great man.) Did you see all of these in the...
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Blog birthday
Today my little blog is one year old. As is typical for me lately, the day just sucked at work so all the pithy comments I had to say will have to wait until I’m in a better frame of mind. The last...
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Busy Busy Busy!
Work is still quite busy, but for sure today was better than yesterday! Thank goodness! One lousy day a month is my limit. Hoping for good weather today since I would really like to get out to the...
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Taking one for the team…….
Here in Japan, there are some hopeful sighs of relief. Princess Kiko is pregnant. “The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Kiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito’s second son, is pregnant. She...
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Manly values and me–meaning Beer and babes!
I feel like Steve Martin today. “The new phone books are here! I’m somebody!” Received an e-mail telling I had placed 2nd for the month of February in the category of Far Eastern blogs at something...
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The Winter Olympics…….
The Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games have officially started. They were sanctioned by the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, with his words addressed to athletes, technicians and...
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Muslims and more on cartoons
I went to see the movie Syrianna tonight. I know it got slammed by many critics, but I liked it. Both for the way it presented its message and for the message it presented. It was also good to see a...
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Sharks in these waters……..
Butt sharks that is. Very busy this week with meetings from the muckety mucks from our higher headquarters. Have been quietly enjoying the adventures in trouser snorkeling from the military folks who...
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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...
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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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