Progress…or the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Finally got to Hong Kong. Flight sucked, service on United Airlines in coach was lousy as usual. Still, at least they are not charging for drinks like they do on American. However the looks you get...
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Made it back from Honkie town and now have to deal with some things back here in Tokyo. Got some interesting perspective on the Japan fracas that I will try to share when I get a chance. Just need to...
View ArticleNothing he says or does will be good enough
While I was in Hong Kong, ( Sadly, not that I will back there anytime soon…..) I had a chance to read about the Japan -China dispute from the “other side”. Reading the South China Mornng Post each...
View ArticleYes it was a slow day today!
Today was a beautiful spring day that I should have been out golfing instead of sitting inside waiting to go to stupid meetings. Here’s something I copied from Spike over at Hongkie Town , it’s a do it...
View ArticleWhatever the market will bear.
Ohayo gozaimasu. Its Golden Week, its sunny, warm, and I am ready to play golf! But first, some random musings. No rhyme or reason to it, just what the mood strikes me. It looks like the Popemobile may...
View ArticleJapanese Dodge Ball
I’m tired. Maybe it comes from playing golf 2 days in a row, maybe it just comes from too much work having to get done ( I can no longer put it off despite my best efforts to do so) and maybe it is...
View ArticleKim Jong Il, missiles, nukes….yea I’m sleeping well at night!
The Japan Times reports that N. Korea fired a short range missile into the Sea of Japan Sunday. The Japanese Defense ministry also says its no big deal: Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda played...
View ArticleI’ve been tagged!
The Phibian over at CDR Salamander decided that I should join the “If I could be” meme. Thanks for the compliment and the vote of confidence, but first you have to answer the $64, 000 dollar...
View ArticleComing sign of the Apocalypse?
A little Pope humor that I stumbled onto while staggering around the streets of Bloggerville. The person who posted this is brave but misguided indeed. “This won’t last long. Wikipedia’s current entry...
View ArticleDavid Hackworth-May God give you rest and peace.
David Hackworth is dead. He died in Mexico while undergoing treatment for cancer. He was 74 years old and his cancer was a form of cancer now appearing with increasing frequency among Vietnam veterans...
View ArticleFriday afternoon buffoonery
Skippy and his friend heading for the bar: After all, he needs a drink after contemplating the lovely Keiko-san As Expat at Large would say: “And by “date,” I mean “have sex with.” You should check out...
View ArticleEither war is finished…Or we are.
There is an incredibly tragic photo that is making the rounds of the papers and the blogosphere the last couple of days. Taken by reporter Michael Yon, embedded with a US unit in Iraq. It shows an...
View ArticleSunday, 6pm, time to watch cartoons
Went out to play golf today and worship at our ” Holy Mother of the 16th Fairway”, a rolling up and down hilly hole with trees on one side and the out of bounds stakes on the other. Oh and did I...
View ArticleCounting down…10 days to go!
As you might probably guess, I am a Star Wars geek. (I’m also a huge Star Trek fan…except for Voyager. Well, then again, I would not mind seeing what was under 7 of Nine’s jumpsuit.). The final movie...
View ArticleGood Grief! For two hours can’t we just all get along?
More Star Wars talk today, none of it good.Gaijin Biker has a post about the “hidden” meanings inside Star Wars, Episode III. According to the way he tells it, the movie is a veiled criticism of George...
View ArticleDon’t drink and blog!
I have some interesting reflections on Asia and the attitudes they have over here to us, farang, gaijin, gweilo, and foreign devils. Unfortunately, I had a social event this evening, which I just got...
View ArticleEvery where I go, I’m just a gweilo. (Gaijin didn’t rhyme.)
Expat at Large, had post a while back that I have thought about everytime I have a conversation with S.O. about things Japanese. Taking aim at the ever popular Singaporean Mr. Miyagi, Expat at Large...
View ArticleMore Friday Afternoon Buffoonery…….
Definition of Buffoon: 1. A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.2. A person given to clowning and joking.3. A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool.4. Skippy-san’s ex wife Speaking of my ex, Keiko-san...
View ArticleDear United Airlines, thank you for screwing me over, yet again!
A few months back I posted about the woeful state of U.S. Airlines and why I hate to fly on American carriers. This week United proved me right yet again. Time to move my allegiance to ANA, JAL and...
View ArticleWomen in Combat
Warning Notice! What follows in this post is not politically correct and will offend any and all feminists and others who can’t see the forest for the trees….however it is how a lot of men feel. Or,...
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