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
Winter Wind
If there is one thing that's constant in Japan it's the varying directions of the wind. It was already dark out, the wind was whipping twigs, dirt, leaves and other such things around everywhere. Pushing at me from the front as I walked toward the building I was headed to, then from the left side … Continue reading Winter Wind
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
In-Door Heatwave
Christmas decorations are out, Thanksgiving menu is planned, gift lists are made, holiday scented candle purchased. Is it winter yet?Yes it was rather chilly last week, barely reaching 60 most days and yet on the weekend it was up in mid 60's again. I'm ready for full on winter, let me break out the cold weather … Continue reading In-Door Heatwave
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