I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie On Saturday, we went to Eiga Mura. I love this place. They film a lot of the samurai TV series here. I’m a big fan of samurai TV series such as Mito Komon. They have a sword fighting demonstration at which they pick people from the audience. Miyuki made a spectacle and I got chosen. … Read more
Visited with my brother-in-law and father-in-law for the first time in ten years. It was good to see them again. As well, I saw my sister-in-law and my niece. As I said, it was good to reunite. I’m looking forward to spending some time with them, catching up, and hopefully establishing some better routines for … Read more
In Japan again. After ten years. Wow! Transit to Japan was a typical flight to Japan. Long, boring, dry, etc. The best part was nothing significant happened. Upon arrival we checked in the Nikko Airport hotel on the KIX facility. Fairly nice place. Not five star or anything. However, the big shock was, no Wi-Fi! … Read more
USATODAY.com – Analysis: Bush must demonstrate he has workable plan for Iraq So, can a brother catch a break? Coming into the elections the naysayers were talking about delays in the election, that the elections wouldn’t happen, and if the elections didn’t happen US troops would be there forever, blah, blah, blah. The elections did … Read more
FT.com | News in depth | Iraq – Iraqi parties declare elections great success Already the backward governments of the middle east are seeing the writing on the wall. President Bush has said that a free and democratic Iraq would be the beginning of change in the middle east. It’s beginning even now. Voter turnout … Read more
Yahoo! News – Iraqis Brave Violence; Voter Turnout High And so begins a new Iraq. The Iraqi people should be proud. In larger numbers than expected they braved the threat from insurgents and turned out to vote. Adnan Pachachi, a Sunni politician, says that turn out was higher than expected even in difficult areas like … Read more
Sen. Kennedy Calls for Withdrawl of U.S. Troops American forces should leave Iraq so that the insurgency, which is terribly splintered and without focus, can get about the business of civil war to see who will be the next dictator of Iraq. Once that is decided, the winning power can then set about the task … Read more
People amaze me. Really. On the day of the Boxing Day Tsunami I went to the Amazon web site. They had set up a way for people to donate money to the Tsunami victims online, through Amazon. Wow! Apple had something similar set up on their site. Really awesome stuff. And then there’s the other … Read more
Today was the first day drilling as a Navy Reservist since my return from the Gulf. It was good to see everyone again. It was good to tell the stories and relive the experience. Somehow, it’s better in the remembrance. This weekend is also the last of MIUW 104. MIUW 104 will be decommissioned. It’s … Read more
This being out on your own thing is interesting. It’s pretty easy to sit on my butt and do nothing. It’s pretty easy to mentally beat myself up for sitting on my butt doing nothing. Writing a business plan is a fairly significant challenge. At least it is for someone who has never done one … Read more