50 Candles

Place:  U.S. Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan - Time:  Approximately 2100  (9:00 pm) Incident: Taxi Driver Fails Breathalizer Test, occupants of cab fall into laughing fit. It was just a base taxi, the ones that drive people around base.  We had just left the command holiday party, all of us with a couple of drinks in … Continue reading 50 Candles

Peter O’Toole, With Great Respect

An actor I will truly miss seeing on the big screen is Peter O'Toole. When I was a child my mother often turned on the old movies, Lawrence of Arabia and The Lion In Winter were favorites of mine.  No matter the character he played in a movie or how large or small the role, … Continue reading Peter O’Toole, With Great Respect

Relationship Expert = Bullshit Artist

We (the Husband and I) were in a kind of social/relationship building group and we were out in town doing like a field trip kinda thing.  We each had to create an imaginary person to use to discuss each other (for some reason).  Mine's name was Olivia. So, one lady and I were chatting and … Continue reading Relationship Expert = Bullshit Artist

If Red Dawn Merged with Battle: Los Angeles

I have decided to start posting my dreams, they can be rather odd and entertaining...I think.  Most of my dreams are in a short movie style or perhaps movie trailer style and I usually see them first person, as me in the dream.  I don't see myself usually unless I'm dreaming about how I specifically … Continue reading If Red Dawn Merged with Battle: Los Angeles

Should I Care If You Choose To Not Pay Your Bills?

Someone I know admitted recently they have over $100,000 in hospital bills and does not intend to pay them.  This is an actual situation but I'm curious about it in a wider spectrum in the political and  healthcare arenas.  How does it effect us as a nation, as a financial structure as I'm sure this … Continue reading Should I Care If You Choose To Not Pay Your Bills?

Tokyo Weekend

A couple of months ago the husband and I decided to spend the four day Thanksgiving weekend in Tokyo exploring so we booked a semi-fancy Japanese hotel that seemed to be in a good proximity to many things and started narrowing down what we wanted to pack in to our weekend.    A week before the … Continue reading Tokyo Weekend

A New Love/Hate Relationship

There's a trend here in Japan and I don't know if it's going on anywhere else, I'll assume so at the risk for making an ass of myself.  It's girls and adult women attaching a certain doll, icon, thingy to their bags.  I've been slowly and methodically looking for the right fit for me and … Continue reading A New Love/Hate Relationship

Comfort Food Lamentation

I wondered what I would miss the most from the states while living abroad and it's no surprise to me that it's one thing I can't really have shipped here because it has to be kept cold.  There are a few things that have definitely been missed, such as tasso and Cajun smoked sausage and … Continue reading Comfort Food Lamentation