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Game over
I don’t think this is a commercial from anywhere in the US. Check out the look on otosan’s picture!
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I was jarred when I opened up my computer this morning to see that Tony Snow had passed away. I’ll skip any discussion of his politics except to note what former President Bush said of him: “In this...
View ArticleWhy its frustrating……
To talk about the war with neocon supporters. Andrew Sullivan rightly castigates Uncle Jimbo, Bill Kristol, and all the other actors in the theater of the absurd: “perhaps you could provide some...
View ArticleAnother airline rant……
I’m typing this from a hotel room in Richmond. Why am I here? I’m asking myself the same question. Airplane takes off out of RDU flies to our nations capitol. Decent is bumpy, due to storms closing on...
View ArticleNothing to say for a while…….
Rest in peace, and may God grant you life eternally. MY MOTHER January 15,1918-July 15, 2008 No Love like a Mother’s Love There is no love, like a mother’s love, no stronger bond on earth… like...
View ArticleTalking to fill the spaces…………
Sittiing in the gate area at Tucson airport. Still a while till boarding and I got to do something-might as well blog. First, to all who sent their kind wishes-Thank You. I do appreciate it....
View ArticleRoad trip
All packed-out the door tomorrow. I decided to not to fly to RDU but to drive up. That way if my kids come down for the funeral I can set that up for them. So, that means the S.O. and I will embark on...
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And……we are here.
In Lenoir Tennessee that is. Long story-very complicated and has me mad enough to …………… Late start due to S.O. getting the cat taken care of and other things, but we did not hit the road till about...
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Yes I know you are not supposed to do this with your cell phone while driving……
But today was a longer drive than I thought it would be. And we are both tired. Someone in the passenger seat was REALLY tired, for most of the trip up: When I looked over and saw that face, I just...
View ArticleA good story about the S.O.
Lots to talk about in the world these days-including the Obama Iraq tour 2008. However those things will have to wait for another time. I had some fun with the S.O. in my previous post. I’m banking...
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Oil and water……..
I retract everything I wrote in the previous post. No fireworks happened when S.O. met offspring of yours truly. True you could cut the tension with a knife-but no rudeness ensued. Polite remarks all...
View ArticleYou cannot go home again….
Greetings from a small town in rural North Carolina. Today, started with a conversation in the dark, ” Don’t you have anything to say to me?” Uh, oh. “Ummm. No. Unless you want me to say that I think...
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The view from the hill……….
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. -Psalm 34 Verse 18. The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. -Harriet...
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Trip down memory lane…….
Political commentary will resume this weekend. There is too much stupidity going on, on both sides of the aisle, that I just cannot let it pass. I also want to tell you my mother’s story-it deserves to...
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Step 1 of updating links is complete-I have gone through and house cleaned my links and deleted dead ones. Step two will be to add new ones. You will also notice I added a couple of widgets....
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Tapoco
When I was a boy, my father was lead electrical engineer at the Alcoa Headquarters in Alcoa. That meant he was involved in everything related to bringing power from various places to the South, East...
View ArticleFour more years?
Of George Bush? Matthew Yglsieas has a great find: There’s an excellent piece by Elisabeth Bumiller in The New York Times which makes the point that one area in which Bush and McCain now differ is...
View ArticleThe Station Cat
We were gone down south today driving down well past the lake and the towns below it. Just got back a little while ago. And when I sat down and surfed I discovered that the Wakayama station master...
View ArticleThe Last Lecture…….
Randy Pausch died this weekend. I felt sad because I had the privilege of sitting down to read his book in Stanley Bay in Hong Kong only a short two and a half months ago. If there is one good thing...
View ArticleAll is well that ends well…….
Or so John McCain and his legions would have you believe. In a nutshell, the sycophants and the other McCain true believers would have you believe that just because things might actually be looking up...
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