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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSailors 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...
View ArticleClosing 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...
View ArticleShin Nen!
Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! Kore kara mo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! (Congratulations on the new year! In this year too, please favor me!)
View ArticleDon’t you mean Takashima?
And by the way its located in the Sea of JAPAN! Don’t try telling that to this bunch of Texans. Wonder how many Texans drive by in their F-150 ‘s and wonder , ” Is that somewhere down by Waco?”...
View ArticleLiberation Theology………..
It pains me greatly (I’ve been OD’ing on John Adams DVD’s today) to give pause from my narrow commentary on the various and sundry musing’s on my life-to jump back into the fluid waters of political...
View ArticleShe may be picking up some bad habits…….
The S.O. that is. In a sign she may have been in the United States too long, the S.O., who could never cuss in English as little as 8 months ago, has now become fond of using the term “F**king...
View ArticleRoad trip……
Greetings from the foothills of the Rockies. Out here for 3 days on business. In one of my more misguided moments-I agreed to bring the S.O. along. Now -after a long day that began at 5 am she is in a...
View ArticleA bad news morning…….
I got up early yesterday-one of the disadvantages of being out west is that the “home office” is already at work and the items of interest that need to address have already begun to fill your in box by...
View ArticleHome……..
We got back yesterday night with a few extra hours in DFW that I could have done without. Now I am trying to squeeze in a post between the ever present demands of the S.O. that I do house things-this...
View ArticleTen days notice….
For the man who will go down as one of the worst Presidents the United States has ever had. We the People Everywhere, USA January 6, 2009 President George W. Bush 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington,...
View ArticleGenji is the man!
Too bad he’s been dead for a 1000 years-I would love to thank him personally. For Christmas, one of the S.O.’s friends sent her a Japanese book, “Genji no Sekai” (Genji’s world). It looked to me like...
View ArticleLinks Fixed!
In a Carrier Battle Group, ships exchange their radar picture through the use of a computer data link. In today’s world they have, thanks to GPS, become a lot more accurate pictures. In the era that I...
View ArticleDon’t mess with my boy Atomu……..
Having been a devoted fan of the original cartoon series as a boy-and having adopted him as my moniker for all things Skippy-san, I agree with F*cked Gaijin: “I am quite skeptical that this will be...
View ArticleThe things we take for granted…….
Losing one engine on takeoff is hairy enough-I can’t imagine what it’s like to lose both at the same time. These guys know though: NEW YORK (AP) – A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner...
View ArticleThe damn media……..
Sarah Palin continues to play herself as the victim. Even when “the hostile media” actually tries to help her out. Gov. Palin’s press office claims that she has pointed out errors in Daily News...
View ArticleGeorge Bush-translated………
Sometimes it takes a person from outside the circle, so to speak, to make sense of things. The Canadian Skippy has nailed it, with his translation of George Bush’s address last night: Like the...
View ArticleAnother Friday night……..
Here in the land of no fun…….. S.O. is sick. It’s 14 degrees outside, I have to work on a Saturday, and guess what I haven’t had in more than few days? To say I’m tense is more than an...
View ArticleSerena or Samantha?
As a young teen, I had the hots for Elizabeth Montgomery. I am fairly certain I was not alone in this. I always thought she was a great actress and God took her from us too soon. So I got a real kick...
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