Watched the Steelers beat the Cardinals.
Pre-game predictions had the Steelers just whuppin' the Cards right into the ground.
The Cards did indeed lose - but not by much, and the Cards did NOT roll over and die.
If the Cards can manage to keep the team more or less together, they are going to doing well over the next few years.
Gadzooks, that was a good game!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
The "Google Bomb"
Look, I've been mucking about in the Web for quite a while.
I've been using Google as my preferred search engine for at least five years.
I'm an IT geek - and I use Google every single freakin' day to find good stuff that I need to do my job.
(Side note: Go HERE to find really good FREE stuff. Gizmo rocks! And I found his site through Google.)
Until today, I'd never run across the phrase "Google Bomb".
Now that I have, and I've learned just how long it took Google to rectify the situation, I have to wonder just how badly Google's other results are skewed.
Yes, my trust in Google has been damaged. And Google did the damage itsownself.
Why, exactly, should I trust Google?
I've been using Google as my preferred search engine for at least five years.
I'm an IT geek - and I use Google every single freakin' day to find good stuff that I need to do my job.
(Side note: Go HERE to find really good FREE stuff. Gizmo rocks! And I found his site through Google.)
Until today, I'd never run across the phrase "Google Bomb".
Now that I have, and I've learned just how long it took Google to rectify the situation, I have to wonder just how badly Google's other results are skewed.
Yes, my trust in Google has been damaged. And Google did the damage itsownself.
Why, exactly, should I trust Google?
Oh, Man! MORE Tax Probs for Obama Cabinet!
On the heels of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's tax problems, we now have former Senator Daschle's little $100,000 non-payment of taxes.
The Prez's Cabinet issues continue to provide massive amounts of ammo to Limbaugh, Hannity, Boortz and Co., and deservedly so.
In this day and age, with what I call the "instant news cycle", a President gets absolutely no wiggle room.
I don't say that it's right, it is just the way it is.
Prez O, you've GOT to do a better job of vetting your nominees, lest you get bogged down with answering endless questions and crippling your Administration with problematic and vulnerable members of your Cabinet right from the beginning.
Make no mistake, sir - this is YOUR cabinet, and you get to carry the can.
The Prez's Cabinet issues continue to provide massive amounts of ammo to Limbaugh, Hannity, Boortz and Co., and deservedly so.
In this day and age, with what I call the "instant news cycle", a President gets absolutely no wiggle room.
I don't say that it's right, it is just the way it is.
Prez O, you've GOT to do a better job of vetting your nominees, lest you get bogged down with answering endless questions and crippling your Administration with problematic and vulnerable members of your Cabinet right from the beginning.
Make no mistake, sir - this is YOUR cabinet, and you get to carry the can.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Interesting Point of Constitutional Law
President-Elect Obama started nominating, and the Senate confirming, Cabinet Officers on 2 December 2008. But the Constitution, in Article II, Section 2 is most specific.
So, are the Cabinet Officers confirmed by the Senate before President-Elect Obama became President Obama on 20 January actually Cabinet Officers of the United States?
Were any of President-Elect Bush's appointees actually Cabinet Officers legally confirmed prior to 20 January 2001?
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment. He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session. |
So, are the Cabinet Officers confirmed by the Senate before President-Elect Obama became President Obama on 20 January actually Cabinet Officers of the United States?
Were any of President-Elect Bush's appointees actually Cabinet Officers legally confirmed prior to 20 January 2001?
Pets vs Children
Got this from my friend in Ohio - the same one who knows a guy that has 2500 acres and a backhoe and might know something about Jimmy...
Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
(1) eat less
(2) don't ask for money all the time
(3) are easier to train
(4) normally come when called
(5 ) never ask to drive the car
(6) don't want to wear your clothes
(7) don't have to buy the latest fashions,
(8) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and
(9) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children
MY children, who do read these demented ramblings from time to time, should take special note of number 9.
I know people who know people who need cheap scullery maids and human fork-lifts...
Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
(1) eat less
(2) don't ask for money all the time
(3) are easier to train
(4) normally come when called
(5 ) never ask to drive the car
(6) don't want to wear your clothes
(7) don't have to buy the latest fashions,
(8) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and
(9) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children
MY children, who do read these demented ramblings from time to time, should take special note of number 9.
I know people who know people who need cheap scullery maids and human fork-lifts...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Master Criminals of South Georgia
From time to time I immortalize here at OWW's Place some of the more... imaginative among our Criminal Element.
Honest, you can't make this stuff up!
The headline in the January 9th edition of the Tribune & Georgian reads:
"Woman chases fiance with axe while holding baby"
Now, honestly, if I included that little fracas in the Great American Novel that I'm never going to write, someday, you'd jeer and jape and say "OWW, that can NEVER happen in real life!"
Honest, you can't make this stuff up!
The headline in the January 9th edition of the Tribune & Georgian reads:
"Woman chases fiance with axe while holding baby"
Police arrested a St. Marys woman Dec 28, 2008 after she allegedly chased her fiance with an axe in one had and a baby in the other. Amy Kay Kern, 29, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts and battery after she alleged scratched her fiance on his face and chased him out of the house holding an axe and their 1-month-old child. |
Now, honestly, if I included that little fracas in the Great American Novel that I'm never going to write, someday, you'd jeer and jape and say "OWW, that can NEVER happen in real life!"
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Historic Transfer of Power
Yes, it is a historic moment - a non-white man has become the freely elected President of the United States of America.
What's really "historic" about it?
This is the 43rd peaceful transfer of power.
No riots.
No civil war.
Just the rather boring political speeches and the Media going "Ooooo" and "Ahhhh".
Nice, dull, quiet, and boring - just the way I like it.
Just the way, the American Way, that it should be.
Of course, tomorrow will be a different story.
Those of us who did not vote for our current President will view with alarm, cavil over trifles, and rail against the injustice of it all.
Peacefully. Because that's the American Way.
To the non-American world - Barack Hussein Obama is MY president. I may not like his policies, I may view his initiatives with alarm, I may grumble at his sucesses and growl at his failures. But hear me, you "furriners" - he is MY president.
I am an American.
What's really "historic" about it?
This is the 43rd peaceful transfer of power.
No riots.
No civil war.
Just the rather boring political speeches and the Media going "Ooooo" and "Ahhhh".
Nice, dull, quiet, and boring - just the way I like it.
Just the way, the American Way, that it should be.
Of course, tomorrow will be a different story.
Those of us who did not vote for our current President will view with alarm, cavil over trifles, and rail against the injustice of it all.
Peacefully. Because that's the American Way.
To the non-American world - Barack Hussein Obama is MY president. I may not like his policies, I may view his initiatives with alarm, I may grumble at his sucesses and growl at his failures. But hear me, you "furriners" - he is MY president.
I am an American.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Here I Stand...
... I can do no other.
A little background first.
I'm what my Southron neighbors would, most politely, call a "DamnYankee". And yes, it's all one word.
Stubborn. Opinionated. Educated through my own research.
My father fought the Nazis through France and into Germany. He saw the camps, and described them to me in most graphic and distressing detail.
I didn't really believe him until I did my own research.
Two of my high school classmates had parents with numbers tatooed on their arms. (To my other classmates - You don't remember? Or you never noticed? Or you ignored? Or you deny? Pick a place, and make your stand.)
So, here it is.
I stand with Israel. I stand against Hamas.
I stand with "Never Again". I stand against "Off the map".
I stand with the only functioning democracy in the Middle East. I stand against the gangbangers of "Palestine".
I say "Israel - From The River To The Sea".
If you don't like how I stand, tough beans.
Here I stand - I can do no other.
A little background first.
I'm what my Southron neighbors would, most politely, call a "DamnYankee". And yes, it's all one word.
Stubborn. Opinionated. Educated through my own research.
My father fought the Nazis through France and into Germany. He saw the camps, and described them to me in most graphic and distressing detail.
I didn't really believe him until I did my own research.
Two of my high school classmates had parents with numbers tatooed on their arms. (To my other classmates - You don't remember? Or you never noticed? Or you ignored? Or you deny? Pick a place, and make your stand.)
So, here it is.
I stand with Israel. I stand against Hamas.
I stand with "Never Again". I stand against "Off the map".
I stand with the only functioning democracy in the Middle East. I stand against the gangbangers of "Palestine".
I say "Israel - From The River To The Sea".
If you don't like how I stand, tough beans.
Here I stand - I can do no other.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
News Coverage of Gaza
I've been following the Israeli/Hamas upscuddle and I gotta tell you, Big News still doesn't "get it".
The emphasis is all on the "civilian casualties" in Gaza, with hardly any mention of Hamas rockets, Hamas suicide and/or homicide bombers, Hamas shooting up cars full of Israeli civilians, and the list could go on.
Even the reviled Fox News is slanted toward the "civilian suffering" in Gaza, with very little on the Israeli side.
I'm just sayin' that it's pretty bloody obvious.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
An Indictment of Big News
At 4AM my eyes pop open, and I'm wide awake.
Crap. This really and truly sucks rocks.
Being the news junkie that I am, I cruise Yahoo News, ABC, CNN, and Fox. And buried, deep in Fox News, I find this little gem.
The 22 Arab nations (the Palestinian authority would make 23), gathered in a basement conference room hammering out their proposal, which still does not mention Hamas’ role in the fighting. It is similar to the one Libya floated on New Year’s Eve, which condemned “all acts of violence and terror against civilians,” (one would presume that could include Israelis as well as Palestinians) “as well as expressing grave concern about the widespread death and destruction among the Palestinian civilian population.” The draft also said it “strongly condemns the Israeli military attacks.” It went nowhere, and an even weaker expression late Saturday night was not agreed on because of U.S. objection. American diplomats note the absence of holding Hamas responsible, and indeed the British ambassador said if there were to be a balanced resolution… that is, a resolution that includes criticism of and demands on Hamas as well as Israel, then such a declaration could pass muster. |
This little snippet was buried deep within Fox news. I haven't seen anything like it at any other Big News organization.
The reluctance of Western diplomats and the press to publicly, and loudly, demand that Hamas cease and desist their attacks on civilians in Israel causes me a certain amount of heartburn.
Instead of tip-toeing around Hamas' delicate sensibilities whilst hammering Israel's "aggression", let's haul out the actions of both sides and look at them, dispassionately. Then, perhaps, a fair conclusion can be arrived at.
To be blunt about it, the major news organizations - AP, Reuters, ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC, et. al., have been falling all over themselves to NOT report fairly on both sides.
And that, my friends, is what really makes me angry.
In a later post, I will tell you exactly why I did not renew my subscription to the Florida Times-Union (Georgia edition), and what the T-U can do to regain my trust.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
More Post-Christmas
Last year, we got the kids a Wii, with a few assorted games that I (being an old fart) haven't felt the slightest temptation to play.
This year, since they've been "OOooo"-ing and "Ahhhh"-ing over "Guitar Hero", we went ahead and got them one - with two "guitars".
Imagine my pleasure when their favorite track is a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune!
Makes me think that somewhere, somehow, Mr. Bad Influence (Professional Division) must have done something right.... Now, if I can just get them to like bagpipes, Bach organ music, and the Moody Blues....
UPDATE: MeelieNoh (The 10-year old) kicked my butt around the block. Twice. I can see I'm gonna have to practice a bit...
This year, since they've been "OOooo"-ing and "Ahhhh"-ing over "Guitar Hero", we went ahead and got them one - with two "guitars".
Imagine my pleasure when their favorite track is a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune!
Makes me think that somewhere, somehow, Mr. Bad Influence (Professional Division) must have done something right.... Now, if I can just get them to like bagpipes, Bach organ music, and the Moody Blues....
UPDATE: MeelieNoh (The 10-year old) kicked my butt around the block. Twice. I can see I'm gonna have to practice a bit...
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Post-Christmas
I'll leave it up to Mrs. OWW to describe the goings-on at my In-Law's, with one exception: Watching Chickie (14) and MeelieNoh (10) open packages and go "Oooo" and "Ahhh" as they got some stuff that they really wanted.
Instead, let's look at one of the sillier things that went on this week - in Seattle.
It seems that a large winter storm dumped large amounts of snow in places that get very little snow. But wait a minute, Seattle has snow removal equipment, right?
Kinda-sorta. The snowplows that they do have (not many) have rubber blades to avoid damaging the roads AND they do not use salt on the roads at all, because.... (wait for it) the run-off would damage Puget Sound - which is a salt-water body of water!
Read the editorial HERE.
In summary, Seattle blew the call. Granted, Seattle doesn't normally have to deal with huge amounts of snow - but the planning should have been in place, and extreme conditions allowed and planned and stocked for.
I live in a hurricane zone, and my local government DOES plan and DOES equip itself to deal with a hurricane's aftermath.
So, Seattle gets a "D" grade for violating the "Five P" principle.
Meanwhile, I'm suffering through mid-seventies temps - why, I even felt moved to turn on my truck's air-conditioning yesterday.... Ò¿Ö
Instead, let's look at one of the sillier things that went on this week - in Seattle.
It seems that a large winter storm dumped large amounts of snow in places that get very little snow. But wait a minute, Seattle has snow removal equipment, right?
Kinda-sorta. The snowplows that they do have (not many) have rubber blades to avoid damaging the roads AND they do not use salt on the roads at all, because.... (wait for it) the run-off would damage Puget Sound - which is a salt-water body of water!
Read the editorial HERE.
In summary, Seattle blew the call. Granted, Seattle doesn't normally have to deal with huge amounts of snow - but the planning should have been in place, and extreme conditions allowed and planned and stocked for.
I live in a hurricane zone, and my local government DOES plan and DOES equip itself to deal with a hurricane's aftermath.
So, Seattle gets a "D" grade for violating the "Five P" principle.
Meanwhile, I'm suffering through mid-seventies temps - why, I even felt moved to turn on my truck's air-conditioning yesterday.... Ò¿Ö
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Congress-critters at the Trough
These are the same folks that spend YOUR money.
Money that YOU have earned.
Is it any wonder that public confidence in the Congress is at an all time low?
Money that YOU have earned.
Is it any wonder that public confidence in the Congress is at an all time low?
As Americans across the country grapple with one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression, members of Congress quietly are getting a pay raise. Each lawmaker's annual salary is due for a $4,700 cost-of-living increase starting in January, which will amount to a cost to taxpayers of $2.5 million in 2009, infuriating watchdog groups. ... Members of Congress make an average of $169,300 a year, with Congressional leaders making slightly more. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cailf., makes $217,400, while the majority and minority leaders in the House and Senate each make $188,100. The raise will increase the average salary to about $174,000, up 2.8 percent. |
Twits and Lawyer-Twits
Oh, for Christ's Sweet Sake!
Read THIS, then tell me why public humiliation for this twit isn't a Good Thing.
She should be required to stand on a street corner at rush hour with a sign enumerating her crime, AND specifying that she and her lawyer daddy had the gall to sue!
Elizabeth Shelton is a twit. A drunk driver twit, and therefore very dangerous to herself and all those within fifty miles of her miserable location. Pat Shelton, her lawyer daddy, is a daffy-down-dilly, i.e., a Lawyer-Twit (caps intended), and therefore to be regarded with the utmost scorn.
Read THIS, then tell me why public humiliation for this twit isn't a Good Thing.
She should be required to stand on a street corner at rush hour with a sign enumerating her crime, AND specifying that she and her lawyer daddy had the gall to sue!
|
Elizabeth Shelton is a twit. A drunk driver twit, and therefore very dangerous to herself and all those within fifty miles of her miserable location. Pat Shelton, her lawyer daddy, is a daffy-down-dilly, i.e., a Lawyer-Twit (caps intended), and therefore to be regarded with the utmost scorn.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
"American Patriots"?
See the story HERE.
I go with Col. Rutledge.
These Marine Reservists are "citizen soldiers" - and when you call, they come.
They don't care if you drive a "union" car. They don't care if you're from Detroit, or Michigan, California, or Georgia.
If you call for help, they drop what they're doing in the civilian world, and they come.
The United States Marine Corps Reserve doesn't care if you are Republican or Democrat. The USMCR doesn't care if you're male or female. The Marines don't care if you're straight, bent, or mutilated. The "jarheads" don't care if you're "pro-union" or "anti-union".
"Semper Fidelis" means that they are always there.
The United States Marine Corps Reserve has sworn to protect YOU - even if you are a no account loser like the UAW.
Even if you are a miserable little "union" pissant.
I go with Col. Rutledge - you can take your stinkin' little parking lot and put it where the sun don't shine.
Note: I'm not "management". I'm not "rich". I'm not "union". I'm just an American who's "been there", and "done that" - USN 1969-1973, and a proud son-in-law to a "China Marine". And yes, the UAW has once again managed to really get me grumpy.
Grrrr.....
The Marine Corps motto means "always faithful," but the union says some reservists working out of a base on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit have been decidedly unfaithful to their fellow Americans by driving import cars and trucks. So the UAW International will no longer allow members of the 1st Battalion 24th Marines to park at Solidarity House if they are driving foreign cars or displaying pro-President Bush bumper stickers. "While reservists certainly have the right to drive nonunion made vehicles and display bumper stickers touting the most anti-worker, anti-union president since the 1920s, that doesn't mean they have the right to park in a lot owned by the members of the UAW," the union said in a statement released Friday. Shocked and disappointed, the Marines are pulling out. "You either support the Marines or you don't," said Lt. Col. Joe Rutledge |
I go with Col. Rutledge.
These Marine Reservists are "citizen soldiers" - and when you call, they come.
They don't care if you drive a "union" car. They don't care if you're from Detroit, or Michigan, California, or Georgia.
If you call for help, they drop what they're doing in the civilian world, and they come.
The United States Marine Corps Reserve doesn't care if you are Republican or Democrat. The USMCR doesn't care if you're male or female. The Marines don't care if you're straight, bent, or mutilated. The "jarheads" don't care if you're "pro-union" or "anti-union".
"Semper Fidelis" means that they are always there.
The United States Marine Corps Reserve has sworn to protect YOU - even if you are a no account loser like the UAW.
Even if you are a miserable little "union" pissant.
I go with Col. Rutledge - you can take your stinkin' little parking lot and put it where the sun don't shine.
Note: I'm not "management". I'm not "rich". I'm not "union". I'm just an American who's "been there", and "done that" - USN 1969-1973, and a proud son-in-law to a "China Marine". And yes, the UAW has once again managed to really get me grumpy.
Grrrr.....
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Wreaths at Arlington
Back around 1995, Worcester Wreath Company started laying Christmas Wreaths on the headstones of graves at Arlington National Cemetary. Now, that project has been picked up by Wreaths Across America.
A worthy endeavor, indeed!
Merry Christmas, boys. We're thinking of you....
(Image shamelessly lifted from BlackFive )
Friday, December 12, 2008
The Chicago Political Machine
Barry Obama (I refuse to use his full name, now that it's OK to do so) "came up" through the Chicago political world.
Barry, of course, is Shocked and Dismayed that Hizzoner the Gov'nor tried to auction Barry's Senate seat to the highest bidder.
The "Shock" and "Dismay" rings just a little hollow.
It's awfully hard to believe in the "New Politics" when it comes from a guy who "came up" through the Chicago politcal machine. There's no doubt in my mind that Barry knew in his bones about the sorts of shenannigans that Chicago politicos are capable of.
There's no doubt that I will find myself looking somewhat skeptically at the next President of the United States when he speaks of morality and ethics in public service.
Edit: I should note that Blago's predecessor, named Ryan, currently doing time for corruption, is/was a Republican. This is not a Dem/Pub thing, it's a Chicago Politics thing.
Barry, of course, is Shocked and Dismayed that Hizzoner the Gov'nor tried to auction Barry's Senate seat to the highest bidder.
The "Shock" and "Dismay" rings just a little hollow.
It's awfully hard to believe in the "New Politics" when it comes from a guy who "came up" through the Chicago politcal machine. There's no doubt in my mind that Barry knew in his bones about the sorts of shenannigans that Chicago politicos are capable of.
There's no doubt that I will find myself looking somewhat skeptically at the next President of the United States when he speaks of morality and ethics in public service.
Edit: I should note that Blago's predecessor, named Ryan, currently doing time for corruption, is/was a Republican. This is not a Dem/Pub thing, it's a Chicago Politics thing.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The "New Politics" of Chicago Politicians
The "new politics". The "Change We Can Believe In".
Rep. William "Cold Cash" Jefferson (D - La) not only indicted for corruption, but loses his re-election bid to a Republican, Joseph Cao - a Viet refugee!
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) arrested and charged with selling the Senate seat that President-elect Barack Obama (D) resigned in order to accept the Presidency of the United States.
Cripes, we ain't even through December yet!
I just can't wait to see what kind of entertainment the Dems are going to serve up next....
Rep. William "Cold Cash" Jefferson (D - La) not only indicted for corruption, but loses his re-election bid to a Republican, Joseph Cao - a Viet refugee!
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) arrested and charged with selling the Senate seat that President-elect Barack Obama (D) resigned in order to accept the Presidency of the United States.
Cripes, we ain't even through December yet!
I just can't wait to see what kind of entertainment the Dems are going to serve up next....
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Moderate Muslims Get Some Backbone
The moderate, law-abiding Muslims of India have a clue, and a backbone. See the complete news story HERE.
This story shows me, at least, that some of the Muslims of the world really do believe that terrorism is not the way.
This story shows me, at least, that some of the Muslims of the world really do believe that terrorism is not the way.
|
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Text Messages
Just got a text message to my cell phone from Chickie (14-year-old daughter) -
"can you come tuck me in?"
I'm in the kitchen. She's in her bedroom, not 30 feet away.
So... what's a big, strong, hero-type Daddy to do?
I go into her bedroom, and, literally, tuck her in.
"Daddy, tell me a story about you and the Navy, please?"
So I tell her about me, Poor Dumb Randy, and The Chief (that would be our Chief Petty Officer).
Keep in mind that PDR and OWW were about 22 at the time. The Chief was a rather ancient 40-something.
PDR and OWW had to carry The Chief back to the ship. And no, alchohol or drugs were not involved. Also not involved was The Captain, nor the Blonde Japanese Go-Go Dancer.
We never should have taken the bet about how many pounds the anchor weighed (not including the anchor chain).
Our Japanese hosts were much amused by the antics of the crazy Eastern Barbarians.... and so was Chickie.
True story... and I'm pleased that Chickie wants to hear my stories about ancient history - and Very Pleased that Chickie, at 14, STILL wants to be "tucked in" by her Dear Old Dad...
"can you come tuck me in?"
I'm in the kitchen. She's in her bedroom, not 30 feet away.
So... what's a big, strong, hero-type Daddy to do?
I go into her bedroom, and, literally, tuck her in.
"Daddy, tell me a story about you and the Navy, please?"
So I tell her about me, Poor Dumb Randy, and The Chief (that would be our Chief Petty Officer).
Keep in mind that PDR and OWW were about 22 at the time. The Chief was a rather ancient 40-something.
PDR and OWW had to carry The Chief back to the ship. And no, alchohol or drugs were not involved. Also not involved was The Captain, nor the Blonde Japanese Go-Go Dancer.
We never should have taken the bet about how many pounds the anchor weighed (not including the anchor chain).
Our Japanese hosts were much amused by the antics of the crazy Eastern Barbarians.... and so was Chickie.
True story... and I'm pleased that Chickie wants to hear my stories about ancient history - and Very Pleased that Chickie, at 14, STILL wants to be "tucked in" by her Dear Old Dad...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)