October 2008
5 posts
Happy Halloween! I tried to carve an elaborate pirate pumpkin and it ended up as pumpkin soup. Oh well. John got a defense verdict this week! Yeah! He’s so much fun to watch… I try to go to his trials when I can. I feel like I’m back working in a law firm, sizing up the jury, etc. I finished this session of bootcamp today - 5lbs and 3 inches trimmer. It is still 85...
Protests
I’m reading this book - Blowback, by Chalmers Johnson, a UCSD professor (although I never had him). Prophetically written just prior to 9/11, its title refers to CIA terminology for the unintended consequences of secret American foreign policy actions. Interestingly for me personally, a large portion of the book talks about Okinawan and the continued American military presence on this...
Takashimaya
So, certain readers have complained recently about my lack of bloggage. I have no one to blame but myself. Those of you who know me… (and lets get real, the only people who read this blog are my father, mother in law and father in law. And George. Hi George.) … those of you who know me, know that I can be focused to a fault. These days, graduate school is sucking up the majority of...
Welfare and Pork
Want to know how those bi-partisans in congress got that dirty diaper of a bailout bill passed? How they garnered the support of those liberal Democrats looking out for main street tax payers and conservative Republicans who are ideologically opposed to corporate welfare? They bribed them. Works every time. Here’s some fun ones: 1. Repeal of a $.39 excise tax on wooden arrows manufactured...
Testy Armchair Punditry
Andre left today. We had a great time, did some jungle hiking, drinking habu-sake with cross-dressing performance artists, got some acupuncture, went to McDonalds…the complete Okinawa experience. Much of the time we sat around and watched the American economy flush down the toilet. Fun times. Ah, the election that never ends. Everyone’s an armchair football coach. Everyone’s...
