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9-11
I am over my crankiness of earlier ( well sort of….). So I spent some time with the S.O. tonight, because she deserved some attention and kindness. We watched the movie Sideways, so we could see where...
View ArticleWorth repeating………
For the record, I absolutely LOATHE Glenn Beck. Whenever he is on TV I make it a point to change the channel-even at the gym. Which is why this article from Time, struck a nerve with me today:...
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Wine Country
Maya: No, I- I like to think about the life of wine. Miles Raymond: Yeah. Maya: How it’s a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing; how the sun was...
View ArticleSo that is the guy who is at fault!
My Canadian counterpart has figured out who is to blame for the lousy economy. Some asshole named Grover Norquist: There was a point in the late 1970s when American conservative politics became...
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Does size matter?
Evidently it does when you talking about douche teabaggers: But yesterday, someone told a real whopper. ABC News, citing the DC fire department, reported that between 60,000 and 70,000 people had...
View ArticleWaking up and smelling the coffee….
In Japan, that is. Earlier this week, Phibian went high order because the new leadership in Japan had threatened to cancel Japan’s support of re-fueling ships in the Indian Ocean in support of the war...
View ArticleWays to know you are a gaijin
Repeated from Invisible Gaijin. Ones that apply to me-or that I have done (or used to before I was exiled to the land of fat women) are in bold: You call yourself gaijin because you know it pisses off...
View ArticleHoly cow! -Bush was right!
About douche tea baggers: Commenting on an upcoming book my Canadian counterpart comes up with a gold nugget. Much of the professionally stupid Republican blogosphere is going absolutely insane over...
View ArticleGame over
What me worry? No need to worry about the next election. John Cusak and Danny Glover have already solved that problem for us: Of course, in 1972 , the Late Great Planet Earth told us that the...
View ArticleOh I miss it so……..
I used to love taking the train to Narita. I hated being tied to the bus schedule-although when I first met the S.O., I would stay at her apartment over in Chiba and then catch the bus the next day...
View ArticleAnother sad reminder.
That the days are slipping by all too quickly. So many bloggers disparage us baby boomers. I’m a baby boomer and damn proud of it. One reason was because of all the good music I got hear growing up....
View ArticleAbout that missile decision……
I won’t have a lot to say-because I like getting paid. But suffice it to say I agree with the SECDEF: Anticipating that reaction, Gates said that "those who say we are scrapping missile defense in...
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Out tonight…..
And won’t feel like blogging when I get back. Because its Friday-which meant there was only one thing to think about walking out to the parking lot today: So think about this: And maybe spend some time...
View ArticleYou got a have a ticket……
If you want to ride the ride. Slate magazine has a pretty good review of condom advertising. Phibian has a pretty good rundown on what happens if you fail to use one.
View ArticleNote to self……
Don”t drink two beers after going out for a run and then coming in hot and sweaty to watch the Steelers. Otherwise you get really pissed off when they miss a field goal that cost them the game!
View ArticleI’m not so sure this is a good idea…..
You kick the living stuffing out of LDP. You sweep in a new government in Japan. You have frizzy hair. And one of the first things you do after becoming Prime Minister of Japan, is to pay a call on the...
View ArticleThings to say but not energy to say them…….
Because what point would it serve? When the world is full of SO MANY STUPID CONCLUSIONS, you just don’t know where to begin refuting them. Give me some time-I’ll work up a good head of steam. But for...
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