Sticking out like a sore thumb
Jeffery Goldberg makes some great observations about how lousy Americans are about trying to blend in while traveling, all lectures to do so to the contrary: It became instantly obvious that this...
View ArticleTwo people separated by a common language….
It only seems that Americans and Australians or British speak the same language. In reality-the usages of common phrases in every day speech are often radically different. In a recent article the BBC...
View ArticleThat light at the end of the tunnel.
Is probably an oncoming freight train. Still-the idea of Willard finally moving on from PACOM is a good one-and it would appear it may actually be safe to go back to Naples again: Adm. Jon Greenert,...
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UPDATE! The more I think about it-this post should never have been written by me. Accordingly I have deleted all of my own text-leaving nothing any more. Judging by the way the markets are tanking...
View ArticleThe folly of the GOP
James Fallows makes a great point-its time to put the blame where it belongs. On the spoiled children of the GOP who would rather take the economy down than do the right thing. It may be time for...
View ArticleOut and about in the park.
I get to go home tomorrow! It is only for a about a fortnight or so-and then I will be right back here in Bucharest. I got up early-went to breakfast-then came back and went back to bed. Somehow I...
View ArticleGoing too far
It has been noted by some-that I may have gone too far in my anger against our evil members of Congress. That is probably a legitimate beef. I am very angry about the debt ceiling debate. The GOP’s...
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The hard numbers…
And how we got to this point. With the markets getting ready to implode it is probably worth a quick review. Fortunately the New York Times has done the math for us: Despite what antigovernment...
View ArticleI’m sure those black T-shirts will fix it.
This is unbelievable. In a slap at the fading and officially out-of-favor tradition of racy, sarcastic and irreverent aviation call signs, a just-retired Navy fighter squadron commanding officer was...
View ArticleHiatus
I’m going to take a break for a while and clear my head. I’ll be not blogging for about a week or so. I am mentally tired and need a break. And to put it frankly I am too depressed right now to think...
View ArticleSports note.
The Pirates are in first place-and its not the begining of the season. Go BUCS!
View ArticleAll our problems are solved.
With this new program. (H/T to the Daily Beast) Social Security Reform Bill Encourages Americans To Live Faster, Die Younger
View ArticleReturning to the scene of the crime.
Tomorrow I will get on an airplane and fly to sunny Palma de Majorca. I am going back to pay my respects to a whole lot of dead brain cells I killed in that port in various port visits during my...
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Can’t lose in a crowd….
Back in the bad old days, before cell phones, e-mail, VTC's and women on warships-people used to amuse themselves ashore with dice games in bars. I was thinking about those games, and those days...
View ArticleThe cycle of mistakes
I have been keeping in touch with friends in Japan, listening to them tell all about the complete stupidity of VADM Swift: While the specific recommendations that were developed as part of the summit...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
There has been little free time of late-between the preparations for a fairly large meeting this week-made more complex because of the sequester and the rape of our travel money; my Hebrew classes and...
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A rare sunny day
Two weeks ago the sun actually saw fit to make an appearance here. The S.O. and I decided to take advantage of it and go walking through the woods behind our house and to the nearby town of...
View ArticleRandom thoughts.
When I think of yesterday's events. First of all, I hate it when someone prescribes, based on their own social conventions and biases, how exactly I am supposed to feel and react to such a horrific...
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Another orbit around the sun.
Today is my birthday which in the grand scheme of things is not really important-and tomorrow is the 4TH anniversary of the Tohoku Tsunami which is. If had not given up booze for lent ( and believe me...
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
May the luck of the Irish be with you. And me these women rise up to meet you: Toast you friends with a pint of Guinness; And remember, its just a Tuesday-you will still have the weekend to do it...
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