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Being the war czar is like………
Visiting the the doctor for a physical. Or so says Jeff Huber over at Pen and Sword: The Maytag Repairman has nothing on Lieutenant General Douglas Lute. The newly nominated “War Czar” is about to...
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O kaeri nasai!
To Miss Universe, Riyo Mori-who arrived at Narita yesterday to a huge welcome. She also gives great definition to the term “little black dress”. I never see girls like this when I go to Narita……. well...
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Qantas-3 ; Skippy-0
And I have not even boarded the flight yet. Bottom of the first and its not looking good for Team Skippy. Arrive at Narita with my bag and a bag carrying our equipment for the this upcoming adventure...
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The eagle has landed…….
After a very long day getting here, finally got myself into Canberra. Yesterday was about delays and more delays. At least once I got to the hotel I could sleep. The city is very different than I...
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Doing me a favor……
Yesterday was a busy work day. And it rained and rained and rained. Today requires less work but some odd hours. Still getting used to Australia and the look and feel of the place. It kind of looks...
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Limited Comms
For a while. The place I am staying only has wireless in the lobby. Its rainy and cold here now and I am on the other side of the compound. So I will check in from time to time but for a few days-I’ll...
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I’m still here!
I’m not dead (yet!). But getting to be able to read or post this blog or others is hard this trip. I’m on a very odd shift and I have to be in bed pretty early because of a pretty early wake up. So...
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No worries mate!
That is, I think, the most used phrase Australians use. You hear it all the time. Say, “Excuse me” and the reply is no worries. Say I’m sorry, and it is no worries. Say the girl at the next table has a...
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Good morning world!
I have had a lot of time to think here in Canberra. About life and what’s passed and what may be ahead. Trying hard to come to some sort of logical conclusion about it all. So I may be in and out over...
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Quantas strikes again!
Well, I’m back. I had to change my flight info and depart a couple of days early. Getting that done was like pulling teeth. Had to drive out to the airport and like their American counterparts looked...
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Foot in mouth disease………
Japan has a new defense minister. Over here, telling the truth about some things is down right dangerous: TOKYO: Japan’s defense minister resigned Tuesday after suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of...
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Game shows……..
Featuring fighter pilots: I know a few who could qualify-H/T to Air Force Blues! Subscribe in a reader
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Death of common sense……..
Getting slowly but surely dug out from a long trip and dealing with weighty personal issues has to be a physically and mentally exhausting activity. So I’ve taken a while to comment on something that...
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I’m dissappointed….
My blog is not quite in the gutter where it should be: Sigh……..Even Mili got an R rating! Guess I should read Spike more. Subscribe in a reader
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No amplification required………
I’m going to promote Air Force Blues again. Any web site that makes this advertisment has to have something going for it: Screw your buddies!You can have a buddy, or enemy, immortalized in an Air Force...
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Slowly coming to the realization……..
I’m never going to do all the things I want to do in life……… Maybe more on that later this week. For now though its clear to me that I’m: I’m in a funky mood today. Its nice to be back home for a...
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Just say no…..
To sexual harassment. ( The poster says No! Sekushuaru harasemento). Or you could end up like this guy. Subscribe in a reader
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On this we agree……
At least Mark and I do. Actually we agree on several things-in particular the level of buffoonery that goes on in Yongsan Barracks. (Are you listening BB Bell?). He’s also right about this father...
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In memoriam…….
Of Lady Bird Johnson who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. They don’t make women like her any more. In fact, today’s supposedly “liberated” women would look down on a woman who stood by her...
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Why not now?
‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things: Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax – Of cabbages — and kings – And why the sea is boiling hot – And whether pigs have wings.’...
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